Intel Core i7 8550U 's Advantages
Lower TDP (15W vs 45W)
Intel Core i9 12900H 's Advantages
Released 4 years and 5 months late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2400)
Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 37.5GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)
Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 1.8GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (24MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)