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Intel Core i7-8550U vs Intel Core i7-10700F

Last updated: 2026-07-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 79 %

Intel Core i7-8550U

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-10700F

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 36 %

Intel Core i7-8550U

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-10700F

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

1,032 pts

8C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

1,255 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 2.40 GHz

4,626 pts

8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

12,250 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

1,296

8C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

1,597

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 2.40 GHz

3,419

8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

7,926

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

354 cb

8C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

499 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

1,037

8C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

1,267

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 2.40 GHz

1,211 cb

8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

4,834 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 2.40 GHz

2,967

8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

8,945

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 2.40 GHz

8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

180

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

378

8C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

531

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 1.80 GHz

1,666

8C / 16T · 2.90 GHz

5,352

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

167 cb

8C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

214 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 2.40 GHz

564 cb

8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

2,291 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8550U	Intel Core i7-10700F
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Core i 8000U (KL) (7)	Intel Core i 10000 (43)
Architecture	Kaby Lake U Refresh	Comet Lake S
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Segment	Notebook	Desktop
Socket	BGA 1356	LGA 1200
Predecessor		Intel Core i7-9700F
Successor		Intel Core i7-11700F

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8550U	Intel Core i7-10700F
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 8	8 / 16
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	8x
Frequency:	1.80 GHz	2.90 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.00 GHz	4.80 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	2.40 GHz	4.60 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	8.00 MB	16.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8550U	Intel Core i7-10700F
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 620	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.30 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3
Max. GPU Memory	16 GB
Technology	14 nm
Release date	Q3/2016

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8550U	Intel Core i7-10700F
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8550U	Intel Core i7-10700F
Memory	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)	DDR4-2933 (46.9 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 12	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	11.8 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8550U	Intel Core i7-10700F
TDP	15 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8550U	Intel Core i7-10700F
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q3/2017	Q2/2020
Release price	385 $	298 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

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Intel Core i7-8550U
4C / 8T · 1.80 - 4.00 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-10700F
8C / 16T · 2.90 - 4.80 GHz

★★★★★