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: 27.91

Overall Rank:
4138th fastest in multithreading out of 5441 CPUs
3206th fastest in single threading out of 5441 CPUs
1200th fastest in out of 1475 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1154

Single Thread Rating

1209

^%
Samples: 464*
*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	3,165 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,546 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	8 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,125 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	312.0 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	25,048 KBytes/Sec
Physics	138 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	555 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,209 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of November 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom II X2 550

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 5th of November 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 5th of November 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 10th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,561
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,422
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,961
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,152
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,848
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,513
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,117
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,687
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,651
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,145
AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,154

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 10th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		263.98
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		183.61
Intel Core i5-12400F		145.35
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		138.15
Intel Core i9-14900K		127.59
Intel Core i9-13900K		103.40
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		47.80
AMD Phenom II X2 550		27.91
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 10th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,697
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,602
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,892
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,834
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,678
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,485
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,468
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,916
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,561
AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,209

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Phenom II X2 550
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2773589 - Jul 18 2025		1428
BL2754644 - Jul 10 2025		1420
BL2616640 - May 11 2025		1376
BL2605169 - May 06 2025		597
BL2596791 - May 02 2025		1402

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom II X2 550
As of 10th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,154
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,179 (+2.2%)
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,004 (-13.0%)
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		933 (-19.1%)
Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,175 (+1.8%)
AMD Athlon II X2 245 vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,128 (-2.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7400 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,043 (-9.6%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		942 (-18.3%)
AMD Phenom II X2 545 vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,233 (+6.8%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6850 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,158 (+0.3%)
AMD Athlon II X2 240e vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,007 (-12.7%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7200 @ 2.53GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,002 (-13.2%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7300 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		981 (-15.0%)

Is the AMD Phenom II X2 550 Good for Gaming?
As of 10th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,424
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,136
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,256
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,802
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,504
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,496
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,271
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,779
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,613
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,501
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,482
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,427
AMD Phenom II X2 550		391

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