Intel Core i7 8557U vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jul 2019
Jun 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Coffee Lake
Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Processor Number
i7-8557U
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Integrated Graphics
Iris Plus Graphics 645
No
Generation
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Ryzen 5 (Zen 3 (Vermeer))
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
7 nm
Socket
BGA-1528
AM4
Power Consumption
15 W
105 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
90 °C
Max Turbo Power Consumption
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142 W
Foundry
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TSMC
Die Size
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74 mm²
I/O Process Size
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12 nm
I/O Die Size
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125 mm²
Package
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µOPGA-1331
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
6
Performance Core Threads
8
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
1.7 GHz
3.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.5 GHz
4 GHz
Total Core Count
4
6
Total Thread Count
8
12
Multiplier
17x
30
L1 Cache
32 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
512 K per core
L3 Cache
8 MB shared
96 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Bus Frequency
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100 MHz
SMP
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1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
32 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
37.5 GB/s
51.2 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
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GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1150 MHz
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Shader Units
384
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Texture Units
48
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Raster Operation Units
6
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Execution Units
48
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Power Consumption
15 W
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Max Resolution
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
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Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
20
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
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1,379
Cinebench R23
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9,804
Geekbench 6
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1,932
Geekbench 6
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8,204
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.