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Is the Intel Core i5-3550 @ 3.30GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA1155
Clockspeed: 3.3 GHz
Turbo Speed: 3.7 GHz
Cores: 4 Threads: 4
Typical TDP: 77 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) i5-3550 CPU @ 3.30GHz, Intel Core i5-3550 CPU @ 3.30GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2012
CPUmark/$Price: 14.29
Overall Rank:
2149th fastest in multithreading out of 5157 CPUs
1681st fastest in single threading out of 5157 CPUs
599th fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $335.00 USD (2024-10-16)
| Integer Math | 15,204 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 11,128 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 29 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 9,257 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 1,221 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 74,715 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 389 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 3,618 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,984 MOps/Sec |
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Dell OptiPlex 7010 DT - Desktop - Core i5-3550 @ 3.3 GHz - 2GB DDR3 - 250GB HDD - DVD-RW - Windows 10 PRO 32 BIT |
$196.52 (www.amazon.com)
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,650 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,296 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,014 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,143 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,861 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,487 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,164 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,704 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,654 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,147 | |
| Intel Core i5-3550 @ 3.30GHz | 4,787 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 227.00 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 196.84 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 162.56 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 152.87 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 146.63 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 142.65 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 49.23 | |
| Intel Core i5-3550 @ 3.30GHz | 14.29 | |
| 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 | 3,836 | |
| 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 i5-3550 @ 3.30GHz | 1,984 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2689758 - Jun 11 2025 | 1319 | |
| BL2680641 - Jun 07 2025 | 5101 | |
| BL2679572 - Jun 07 2025 | 4738 | |
| BL2677160 - Jun 06 2025 | 5110 | |
| BL2673664 - Jun 04 2025 | 5074 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i5-3550 @ 3.30GHz | 4,787 | |
| AMD FX-6200 Six-Core vs Intel Core i5-3550 | 4,099 (-14.4%) | |
| AMD Phenom II X6 1100T vs Intel Core i5-3550 | 3,912 (-18.3%) | |
| Intel Core i7-3820 @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i5-3550 | 5,782 (+20.8%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3450 @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i5-3550 | 4,517 (-5.6%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3470S @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i5-3550 | 4,399 (-8.1%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3570K @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-3550 | 4,964 (+3.7%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3570 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-3550 | 4,940 (+3.2%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Core i5-3550 | 4,670 (-2.4%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4670T @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Core i5-3550 | 4,466 (-6.7%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3475S @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i5-3550 | 4,301 (-10.1%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3330 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i5-3550 | 4,104 (-14.3%) | |
| AMD FX-6100 Six-Core vs Intel Core i5-3550 | 3,702 (-22.7%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,451 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,150 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,298 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,842 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,587 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,483 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,276 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,809 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,804 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,640 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,528 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,517 | |
| Intel Core i5-3550 @ 3.30GHz | 603 |
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