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Benchmarks for the Intel Core i5-3550S 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.
Is the Intel Core i5-3550S @ 3.00GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA1155
Clockspeed: 3.0 GHz
Turbo Speed: 3.7 GHz
Cores: 4 Threads: 4
Typical TDP: 65 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3550S CPU @ 3.00GHz, Intel Core i5-3550S CPU @ 3.00GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2012
CPUmark/$Price: 22.12
Overall Rank:
2197th fastest in multithreading out of 5119 CPUs
1719th fastest in single threading out of 5119 CPUs
623rd fastest in out of 1446 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $198.95 USD (2024-12-18)
Integer Math | 14,059 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 10,356 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 27 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 8,693 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 1,100 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 69,036 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 369 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 3,373 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 1,938 MOps/Sec |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,704 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,315 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,033 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,137 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,864 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,475 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,176 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,710 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,661 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,146 | |
Intel Core i5-3550S @ 3.00GHz | 4,401 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 147.52 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 136.42 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 51.93 | |
Intel Core i5-3550S @ 3.00GHz | 22.12 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | NA | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | NA | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | NA | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | NA |
Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,611 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,141 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,904 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,680 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,479 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,470 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,363 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,921 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,563 | |
Intel Core i5-3550S @ 3.00GHz | 1,938 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL2605013 - May 06 2025 | 4120 | |
BL2598924 - May 03 2025 | 4387 | |
BL2553523 - Apr 14 2025 | 4862 | |
BL2514276 - Mar 28 2025 | 4401 | |
BL2483371 - Mar 15 2025 | 3550 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i5-3550S @ 3.00GHz | 4,401 | |
Intel Core i5-3330 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i5-3550S | 4,100 (-6.8%) | |
Intel Core i5-4570S @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i5-3550S | 5,019 (+14.0%) | |
Intel Core i5-3470S @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i5-3550S | 4,394 (-0.2%) | |
Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Core i5-3550S | 4,128 (-6.2%) | |
Intel Core i5-4670S @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i5-3550S | 5,241 (+19.1%) | |
Intel Core i5-3570K @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-3550S | 4,965 (+12.8%) | |
Intel Core i3-4330 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i5-3550S | 3,465 (-21.3%) | |
AMD Athlon II X4 651 Quad-Core vs Intel Core i5-3550S | 2,443 (-44.5%) | |
Intel Core i5-4460S @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i5-3550S | 4,627 (+5.1%) | |
Intel Core i5-4430S @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Core i5-3550S | 4,361 (-0.9%) | |
AMD PRO A12-9800 vs Intel Core i5-3550S | 3,755 (-14.7%) | |
AMD PRO A10-9700 vs Intel Core i5-3550S | 3,601 (-18.2%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,492 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,157 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,322 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,847 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,596 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,518 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,286 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,811 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,682 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,534 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,447 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF | 9,408 | |
Intel Core i5-3550S @ 3.00GHz | 580 |