Intel Core i7-8557U Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-04-05

The Intel Core i7-8557U has 4 cores with 8 threads and is based on the 8. gen of the Intel Core i7 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the BGA 1528 socket and was released in Q3/2019. The Intel Core i7-8557U scores 1,078 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 3,945 points.

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Name:	Intel Core i7-8557U
Family:	Intel Core i7 (298)
CPU group:	Intel Core i 8000U (8)
Architecture:	Coffee Lake U
Segment:	Mobile
Generation:	8
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-8557U has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-8557U is 1.70 GHz (4.50 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads:	4 / 8
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	4x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	1.70 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	4.50 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores):	3.40 GHz

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.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i7-8557U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i7-8557U uses the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645, which has 384 texture shaders and 48 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name:	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645
GPU frequency:	0.30 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	1.15 GHz
Compute units:	48
Shader:	384
Hardware Raytracing:	No
Release date:	Q4/2017

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	9.5
Direct X:	12
Technology:	14 nm
Max. GPU Memory:	32 GB
Frame Generation:	No

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.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	Decode / Encode
h264:	Decode / Encode
VP8:	Decode / Encode
VP9:	Decode / Encode

AV1:	No
AVC:	Decode / Encode
VC-1:	Decode
JPEG:	Decode / Encode

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 32 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 38.4 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

DDR4-2400	38.4 GB/s
Max. Memory:	32 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	No
PCIe:	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth:	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	15 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	--

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-8557U is made in 14 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 8.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:	14 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	BGA 1528
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	8.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux

Virtualization:	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date:	Q3/2019
Release price:	430 $
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Core i7-8557U
4C 8T @ 1.70 GHz (4.50 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core i7-8557U have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

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 i3-10300T 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	1080
	Intel Core i7-6800K 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	1080
	AMD EPYC 7702 64C 128T @ 3.35 GHz	1079
	Intel Core i7-8557U 4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz	1078
	Intel Core i7-1060NG7 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	1078
	Intel Core i7-1060G7 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	1078
	Intel Core i5-8269U 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	1078

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 Xeon E-2124G 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	3968
	Intel Xeon E5-2640 v2 8C 16T @ 2.20 GHz	3958
	Intel Core i5-8279U 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	3953
	Intel Core i7-8557U 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	3945
	Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	3942
	Intel Core i7-8709G 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	3940
	Intel Xeon E3-1285 v3 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	3928

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 i5-8500 6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz	1364
	Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	1364
	Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	1364
	Intel Core i7-8557U 4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz	1361
	Intel Core i7-8706G 4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz	1360
	Intel Core i7-8705G 4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz	1360
	Intel Core i5-6600K 4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	1359

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 i7-5775R 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	4399
	Intel Core i5-9500TE 6C 6T @ 2.20 GHz	4389
	Intel Xeon E3-1545M v5 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	4389
	Intel Core i7-8557U 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	4382
	Intel Core i5-8279U 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	4382
	Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) 4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	4365
	Intel Xeon E3-1505M v6 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	4365

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 i7-1060G7 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	441
	Intel Core i7-9750H 6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz	441
	Intel Core i7-9750HF 6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz	441
	Intel Core i7-8557U 4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz	439
	AMD Ryzen 3 5300U 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	439
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2920X 12C 24T @ 4.30 GHz	439
	AMD Ryzen 3 3100 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	437

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 i7-6700 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	1774
	Intel Core i7-4770K 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	1769
	Intel Xeon E7-8870 v2 15C 30T @ 2.90 GHz	1765
	Intel Core i7-8557U 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	1762
	Intel Core i7-6820HQ 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	1759
	Intel Xeon E-2244G 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	1741
	Intel Core i7-1068NG7 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	1739

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 i7-5775C Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 @ 1.15 GHz	883
	Intel Core i7-5775R Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 @ 1.15 GHz	883
	Intel Core i7-5950HQ Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 @ 1.15 GHz	883
	Intel Core i7-8557U Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645 @ 1.15 GHz	883
	Intel Core i3-12300HL Intel UHD Graphics 12th Gen (48 EU) @ 1.15 GHz	883
	Intel Core i3-12300HE Intel UHD Graphics 12th Gen (48 EU) @ 1.15 GHz	883
	Intel Core i7-4770R Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 @ 1.35 GHz	864

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 i7-4790K 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	8058
	Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	8051
	Intel Core i5-1035G4 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	8050
	Intel Core i7-8557U 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	8014
	AMD Athlon Gold PRO 4150GE 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	8000
	Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	7995
	Intel Core i3-10105T 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	7985

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 i9-9900T 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	191
	Intel Core i5-10400 6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz	190
	Intel Core i5-10400F 6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz	190
	Intel Core i7-8557U 4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz	189
	Intel Core i5-10300H 4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz	189
	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4350GE 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	188
	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U 8C 16T @ 4.10 GHz	188

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 Xeon E5-2620 v2 6C 12T @ 2.30 GHz	710
	Intel Xeon E5-2640 v2 8C 16T @ 2.20 GHz	710
	Intel Core i7-4770K 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	709
	Intel Core i7-8557U 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	705
	Intel Core i7-1065G7 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	704
	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	701
	AMD Ryzen 7 3780U 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	701

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,488 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,461 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,754 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,702 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
656 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
604 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,026 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
512 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,391 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,106 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,101 entries

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