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Virtual CPU Version 2.5 vs Core i7-8550U


Description
The Version 2.5 is based on - architecture while the i7-8550U is based on Kaby Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the Version 2.5 gets a score of 85.7 k points while the i7-8550U gets 127.9 k points.

Summarizing, the i7-8550U is 1.5 times faster than the Version 2.5. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
663
806ea
Core
-
Kaby Lake-R
Architecture
-
Base frecuency
4.2 GHz
1.8 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.2 GHz
4 GHz
Socket
-
BGA1356
Cores/Threads
2/2
4/8
TDP
- W
15 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
- kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
- kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
- kB
8192 kB
Date
-
August 2017
Mean monothread perf.
56.16k points
64.2k points
Mean multithread perf.
85.75k points
166.12k points

SSE3 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode I (SSE) is optimized for the use of SIMD instructions with 128 bits register and the SSE set up to version 3. Nearly every modern CPU has support for this mode.
Monothread
Version 2.5
i7-8550U
Test#1 (Integers)
15.7k
12.93k (x0.82)
Test#2 (FP)
22.8k
20.59k (x0.9)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.61k
5.41k (x0.96)
Test#1 (Memory)
12.05k
10.48k (x0.87)
TOTAL
56.16k
49.41k (x0.88)

Multithread

Version 2.5

i7-8550U
Test#1 (Integers)
28.49k
41.11k (x1.44)
Test#2 (FP)
37.67k
65.04k (x1.73)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
10.09k
17.53k (x1.74)
Test#1 (Memory)
9.5k
4.22k (x0.44)
TOTAL
85.75k
127.9k (x1.49)

Performance/W
Version 2.5
i7-8550U
Test#1 (Integers)