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Benchmarks for the Intel Core i5-2550K 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 i5-2550K @ 3.40GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA1155
Clockspeed: 3.4 GHz
Turbo Speed: 3.8 GHz
Cores: 4 Threads: 4
Typical TDP: 95 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) i5-2550K CPU @ 3.40GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2012
CPUmark/$Price: NA
Overall Rank:
2275th fastest in multithreading out of 5155 CPUs
2021st fastest in single threading out of 5155 CPUs
646th fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: NA
Integer Math | 14,735 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 7,515 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 26 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 9,084 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 1,063 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 68,295 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 356 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 3,392 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 1,765 MOps/Sec |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,655 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,294 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,015 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,152 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,861 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,485 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,165 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,705 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,652 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,146 | |
Intel Core i5-2550K @ 3.40GHz | 4,197 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 227.01 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 196.82 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 168.17 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 150.65 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 136.17 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 134.84 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 49.23 | |
Intel Core i5-2550K @ 3.40GHz | NA | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,610 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,138 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,900 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,837 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,680 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,477 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,469 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,364 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,921 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,563 | |
Intel Core i5-2550K @ 3.40GHz | 1,765 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL2662130 - May 30 2025 | 4585 | |
BL2574218 - Apr 22 2025 | 4368 | |
BL2338049 - Jan 12 2025 | 4981 | |
BL2082191 - Apr 20 2024 | 4592 | |
BL2082164 - Apr 20 2024 | 4550 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i5-2550K @ 3.40GHz | 4,197 | |
Intel Core i5-3570K @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-2550K | 4,965 (+18.3%) | |
Intel Core i5-3570 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-2550K | 4,939 (+17.7%) | |
Intel Core i5-3550 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Core i5-2550K | 4,787 (+14.1%) | |
Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Core i5-2550K | 4,670 (+11.3%) | |
Intel Core i5-3450 @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i5-2550K | 4,517 (+7.6%) | |
Intel Core i5-3470S @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i5-2550K | 4,399 (+4.8%) | |
AMD FX-6100 Six-Core vs Intel Core i5-2550K | 3,702 (-11.8%) | |
Intel Core i5-2320 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i5-2550K | 3,685 (-12.2%) | |
AMD A10-7850K APU vs Intel Core i5-2550K | 3,384 (-19.4%) | |
AMD A10-6800K APU vs Intel Core i5-2550K | 3,199 (-23.8%) | |
Intel Core i5-4440 @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i5-2550K | 4,785 (+14.0%) | |
Intel Core i5-3570S @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i5-2550K | 4,674 (+11.4%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
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AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,457 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,151 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,299 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,843 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,586 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,482 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,276 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,803 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,731 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,639 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,524 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,517 | |
Intel Core i5-2550K @ 3.40GHz | 544 |