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: 27.58

Overall Rank:
3869th fastest in multithreading out of 5121 CPUs
2981st fastest in single threading out of 5121 CPUs
1176th fastest in out of 1446 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1140

Single Thread Rating

1205

^%
Samples: 462*
*Margin for error: Low

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

^%Single 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	3,134 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,530 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	8 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,106 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	308.6 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	24,874 KBytes/Sec
Physics	137 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	546 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,205 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 18th of May 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom II X2 550

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 13th of May 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of May 2025.
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 18th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,698
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,313
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,033
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,137
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,862
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,475
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,176
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,709
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,656
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,147
AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,140

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 18th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		184.13
Intel Core i5-12400F		178.69
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		161.94
Intel Core i9-13900K		152.47
Intel Core i9-12900K		136.22
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		51.93
AMD Phenom II X2 550		27.58
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

Single Thread Rating
As of 18th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,611
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,140
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,681
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,478
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
AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,205

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Phenom II X2 550
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2616640 - May 11 2025		1376
BL2605169 - May 06 2025		597
BL2596791 - May 02 2025		1402
BL2585845 - Apr 27 2025		679
BL2485599 - Mar 16 2025		1317

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom II X2 550
As of 18th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,140
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,170 (+2.6%)
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		932 (-18.2%)
AMD Athlon II X2 245 vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,128 (-1.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7400 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,038 (-9.0%)
Intel Pentium E6300 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,032 (-9.5%)
AMD Athlon 7750 Dual-Core vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,005 (-11.8%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		936 (-17.9%)
AMD Phenom II X2 545 vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,222 (+7.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6850 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,159 (+1.6%)
AMD Athlon II X2 240e vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,007 (-11.7%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7200 @ 2.53GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		991 (-13.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7300 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		948 (-16.9%)

Is the AMD Phenom II X2 550 Good for Gaming?
As of 18th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,502
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,157
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,324
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,848
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,597
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,513
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,284
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,810
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,682
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,534
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,528
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,418
AMD Phenom II X2 550		390

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