AMD Phenom II X2 550

Benchmarks for the AMD Phenom II X2 550 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

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AMD Phenom II X2 550

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM2+/AM3

Clockspeed: 3.1 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 80 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 512 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB

Other names: AMD Phenom(tm) II X2 550 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 28.01

Overall Rank:
3590th fastest in multithreading out of 4842 CPUs
2710th fastest in single threading out of 4842 CPUs
1102nd fastest in out of 1381 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $41.35 USD (2022-07-06)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1158

Single Thread Rating

1228

²
Samples: 453*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,941
Thread: 1,035

²Single thread rating may be higher than the overall rating, thread performance is just one component of the CPU Mark.

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Phenom II X2 550

Integer Math	3,230 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,630 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	8 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,255 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	313.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	25,662 KBytes/Sec
Physics	144 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	537 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,228 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of September 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom II X2 550

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 10th of September 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of September 2024.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 14th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,126
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,484
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,126
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,608
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,888
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		21,868
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,272
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,750
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,538
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,167
AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,158

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 14th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		219.16
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		183.18
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		167.59
Intel Core i9-12900K		149.86
Intel Core i9-13900K		134.61
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.62
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		57.82
AMD Phenom II X2 550		28.01
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 14th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,624
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,163
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,030
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,909
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,806
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,693
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,360
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,929
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,567
AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,228

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Phenom II X2 550
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1949490 - Nov 18 2023		1719
BL1949390 - Nov 18 2023		1607
BL1822870 - May 20 2023		1257
BL1780471 - Mar 28 2023		1003
BL1747596 - Feb 17 2023		1301

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom II X2 550
As of 14th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,158
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,160 (+0.2%)
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		931 (-19.6%)
AMD Athlon II X2 245 vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,108 (-4.4%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7400 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,033 (-10.8%)
Intel Pentium E6300 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,032 (-10.9%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		934 (-19.3%)
AMD Phenom II X2 545 vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,222 (+5.5%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6850 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,130 (-2.4%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7200 @ 2.53GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		996 (-14.0%)
AMD Athlon II X2 240e vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		987 (-14.8%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7300 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		942 (-18.7%)
Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		901 (-22.2%)

Is the AMD Phenom II X2 550 Good for Gaming?
As of 14th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		9,401
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,269
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,204
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,035
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,498
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,394
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,089
Intel Core i9-14900KF		7,963
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,831
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,780
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,746
Intel Core i7-14700K		7,533
AMD Phenom II X2 550		620

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