AMD Ryzen 5 4680U vs Intel Core i7-8550U. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 4000U Intel Core i 8000U
• Family
  AMD Ryzen Intel Core i7
• Generation
  3 8
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2.2 GHz 1.8 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Core Configuration
  6x -
• CPU Cores
  6 4
• CPU Threads
  12 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4 GHz 4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 2.4 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Execution units
  7 24
• Generation
  9 9.5
• GPU Frequency
  1500 MHz 300 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon 7 Graphics (Renoir) Intel UHD Graphics 620
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1150 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 64 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2020 Q3/2016
• Shader
  448 192
• Technology
  7 nm 14 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-8550U and AMD Ryzen 5 4680U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 32 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  51.2 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200LPDDR4-4266 DDR4-2400 SO-DIMM
• PCIe
  3.0 x 12 -
• PCIe lanes
  - 12
• PCIe version
  - 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 4680U and Intel Core i7-8550U Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  105 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 15 W
• TDP down
  10 W -
• TDP up
  25 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 4680U and Intel Core i7-8550U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Renoir (Zen 2) Kaby Lake U Refresh
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  3 MB -
• L3-Cache
  8 MB 8 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2021 Q3/2017
• Socket
  FP6 BGA 1356
• Technology
  7 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d