Intel Core i7-8650U vs Samsung Exynos 7904

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i7-8650U CPU1 vs CPU2 Samsung Exynos 7904
Intel Core i7-8650U Samsung Exynos 7904

CPU comparison

Intel Core i7-8650U or Samsung Exynos 7904 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Core i7-8650U has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-8650U was released in Q3/2017.

The Samsung Exynos 7904 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Samsung Exynos 7904 was released in Q1/2019.
Intel Core i7 (298) Family Samsung Exynos (46)
Intel Core i 8000U (KL) (7) CPU group Samsung Exynos 7872/7884/7885/7904 (4)
8 Generation 2
Kaby Lake U Refresh Architecture Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-8650U has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-8650U is 1.90 GHz (4.20 GHz) while the Samsung Exynos 7904 has 8 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Samsung Exynos 7904 is at 1.80 GHz.

Intel Core i7-8650U Characteristic Samsung Exynos 7904
4 Cores 8
8 Threads 8
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.90 GHz (4.20 GHz) A-Core 1.80 GHz
2x Cortex-A73
-- B-Core 1.60 GHz
6x Cortex-A53

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Core i7-8650U Characteristic Samsung Exynos 7904
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i7-8650U or Samsung Exynos 7904 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Intel UHD Graphics 620 GPU ARM Mali-G71 MP2
0.30 GHz GPU frequency 0.77 GHz
1.15 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
9.5 GPU Generation Bifrost 1
14 nm Technology 16 nm
3 Max. displays 1
24 Compute units 2
192 Shader 32
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
16 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
12 DirectX Version 11

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Intel UHD Graphics 620 GPU ARM Mali-G71 MP2
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i7-8650U can use up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 38.4 GB/s. The Samsung Exynos 7904 supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to --.

Intel Core i7-8650U Characteristic Samsung Exynos 7904
DDR4-2400 Memory LPDDR4-1866
32 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
38.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
8.00 MB L3 Cache --
3.0 PCIe version --
12 PCIe lanes --
11.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i7-8650U is 15 W, while the Samsung Exynos 7904 has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Core i7-8650U Characteristic Samsung Exynos 7904
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-8650U is manufactured in 14 nm and has 8.00 MB cache. The Samsung Exynos 7904 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 0.00 MB cache.

Intel Core i7-8650U Characteristic Samsung Exynos 7904
14 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions --
BGA 1356 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Android
Q3/2017 Release date Q1/2019
400 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i7-8650U (100%)
Samsung Exynos 7904 (24%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i7-8650U (100%)
Samsung Exynos 7904 (29%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-8650U Intel Core i7-8650U
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
1069 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 7904 Samsung Exynos 7904
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
276 (26%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i7-8650U Intel Core i7-8650U
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
3079 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 7904 Samsung Exynos 7904
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
975 (32%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core i7-8650U Intel Core i7-8650U
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
1373 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 7904 Samsung Exynos 7904
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
289 (21%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core i7-8650U Intel Core i7-8650U
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
3564 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 7904 Samsung Exynos 7904
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
910 (26%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core i7-8650U Intel Core i7-8650U
Intel UHD Graphics 620 @ 1.15 GHz
442 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 7904 Samsung Exynos 7904
ARM Mali-G71 MP2 @ 0.77 GHz
53 (12%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Core i7-8650U Intel Core i7-8650U
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
6234 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 7904 Samsung Exynos 7904
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
1819 (29%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-8650U Intel Core i7-8650U
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
1037 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 7904 Samsung Exynos 7904
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i7-8650U Intel Core i7-8650U
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
3576 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 7904 Samsung Exynos 7904
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-8650U Intel Core i7-8650U
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
365 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 7904 Samsung Exynos 7904
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i7-8650U Intel Core i7-8650U
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
1299 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 7904 Samsung Exynos 7904
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 8 Benchmark measures the performance of a SoC. AnTuTu benchmarks the CPU, GPU, Memory as well as the UX (User Experience) by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu can benchmark any ARM CPU that runs under Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly compareable if the benchmark has been performed under different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 8 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The evaluation consists of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the RAM and the performance of the internal graphics.
Intel Core i7-8650U Intel Core i7-8650U
4C 8T @ 1.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Samsung Exynos 7904 Samsung Exynos 7904
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
104389 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
Intel Core i7-8650U Intel Core i7-8650U
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
700 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 7904 Samsung Exynos 7904
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i7-8650U Intel Core i7-8650U
4C 8T @ 1.90 GHz
1758 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 7904 Samsung Exynos 7904
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-8650U Intel Core i7-8650U
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
175 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 7904 Samsung Exynos 7904
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i7-8650U Intel Core i7-8650U
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
614 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 7904 Samsung Exynos 7904
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i7-8650U Samsung Exynos 7904
Microsoft Surface Book 2 13
5
Unknown

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