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    Intel Core i5-3550S Overview

    Intel Core i5-3550S
    Type: DESKTOP
    Release date: Apr 2012
    Intel Core i5-3550S
    Intel_IvyBridgeArchitecture
    4Cores
    4Threads
    3000 Mhz Frequency
    3700 MhzTurbo Clock
    65 W TDP

    Summary

    Relative performance

    • Intel Core i7-5960X
      213%
    • Intel Core i7-5930K
      176%
    • Intel Core i7-4960X
      172%
    • Intel Core i7-5820K
      172%
    • Intel Core i7-6700K
      166%
    • Intel Core i7-3970X
      166%
    • Intel Core i7-4930K
      165%
    • Intel Core i7-3960X
      160%
    • Intel Core i7-3930K
      156%
    • Intel Core i7-4790K
      150%
    • Intel Core i5-6600K
      142%
    • Intel Core i7-4770K
      139%
    • Intel Core i7-3770K
      132%
    • Intel Core i7-4790
      130%
    • Intel Core i7-4820K
      130%
    • Intel Core i7-4771
      128%
    • Intel Core i7-4770
      127%
    • Intel Core i5-4690K
      126%
    • Intel Core i7-2700K
      126%
    • Intel Core i7-4770R
      126%
    • Intel Core i7-990X
      124%
    • Intel Core i5-6600
      124%
    • Intel Core i7-4790S
      124%
    • Intel Core i7-4930MX
      124%
    • Intel Core i7-2600K
      123%
    • Intel Core i7-3940XM
      123%
    • Intel Core i5-4670K
      123%
    • Intel Core i7-4770S
      123%
    • Intel Core i7-4910MQ
      122%
    • Intel Core i7-4980HQ
      121%
    • Intel Core i7-3770
      120%
    • Intel Core i7-4900MQ
      119%
    • Intel Core i7-3820
      119%
    • Intel Core i7-4960HQ
      119%
    • Intel Core i7-4870HQ
      116%
    • Intel Core i7-3840QM
      116%
    • Intel Core i5-3570K
      114%
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      114%
    • Intel Core i7-4800MQ
      114%
    • Intel Core i7-4810MQ
      113%
    • Intel Core i7-4850HQ
      113%
    • Intel Core i7-4770T
      113%
    • Intel Core i7-3770S
      113%
    • Intel Core i5-2550K
      113%
    • Intel Core i5-4670
      112%
    • AMD FX-9590
      111%
    • Intel Core i3-6100
      111%
    • Intel Core i7-3740QM
      109%
    • Intel Core i7-4770HQ
      109%
    • Intel Core i5-6400
      109%
    • Intel Core i5-2500K
      109%
    • Intel Core i7-3820QM
      109%
    • Intel Core i5-4590
      108%
    • Intel Core i7-3720QM
      107%
    • Intel Core i7-2600
      107%
    • Intel Core i7-3770T
      106%
    • Intel Core i5-4570
      106%
    • Intel Core i5-4590S
      105%
    • Intel Core i5-3570
      105%
    • Intel Core i7-4700MQ
      103%
    • Intel Core i7-4710HQ
      103%
    • Intel Core i5-4570S
      102%
    • Intel Core i5-3550
      102%
    • Intel Core i7-4700HQ
      102%
    • Intel Core i7-2960XM
      102%
    • Intel Core i7-4702HQ
      101%
    • Intel Core i5-3570S
      101%
    • AMD FX-9370
      100%
    • Intel Core i7-3610QE
      100%
    • Intel Core i5-3550S
      100%
    • Intel Core i7-4712HQ
      99%
    • Intel Core i7-4750HQ
      99%
    • Intel Core i7-3615QM
      98%
    • Intel Core i7-3630QM
      98%
    • Intel Core i5-3470
      98%
    • Intel Core i5-4440
      97%
    • Intel Core i7-3610QM
      97%
    • Intel Core i5-3450
      97%
    • Intel Core i7-4702MQ
      97%
    • Intel Core i5-3475S
      96%
    • Intel Core i5-3450S
      96%
    • Intel Core i7-2600S
      96%
    • Intel Core i5-4670T
      96%
    • Intel Core i7-4765T
      96%
    • Intel Core i5-3470S
      96%
    • AMD FX-8370
      95%
    • Intel Core i5-4430
      95%
    • Intel Core i5-4570R
      95%
    • Intel Core i3-4370
      95%
    • AMD FX-8350
      94%
    • Intel Core i7-2860QM
      94%
    • Intel Core i5-2500
      94%
    • Intel Core i7-2920XM
      92%
    • Intel Core i7-3632QM
      91%
    • Intel Core i5-2450P
      91%
    • Intel Core i5-3350P
      91%
    • Intel Core i3-4360T
      91%
    • Intel Core i7-2760QM
      90%
    • Intel Core i5-3570T
      90%
    • Intel Core i3-4340
      90%
    • Intel Core i5-3340M
      90%
    • Intel Core i7-3612QM
      89%
    • Intel Core i7-2820QM
      89%
    • Intel Core i5-2380P
      88%
    • Intel Core i3-4160
      88%
    • Intel Core i5-4430S
      88%
    • Intel Core i5-2400
      88%
    • Intel Core i7-3635QM
      88%
    • Intel Core i3-4350
      87%
    • Intel Core i3-4330
      87%
    • Intel Core i5-3330
      87%
    • Intel Core i7-5557U
      86%
    • Intel Core i5-3330S
      86%
    • Intel Core i3-4150T
      85%
    • Intel Core i7-4600M
      85%
    • Intel Core i5-5287U
      85%
    • Intel Core i5-3335S
      85%
    • AMD FX-8320E
      85%
    • Intel Pentium G3258
      85%
    • Intel Core i5-2320
      85%
    • AMD FX-8150
      84%
    • Intel Core i3-4130
      83%
    • Intel Core i5-4570T
      83%
    • Intel Core i5-2500S
      83%
    • Intel Core i7-2720QM
      83%
    • Intel Core i7-5650U
      83%
    • Intel Core i5-2310
      83%
    • AMD FX-8300
      82%
    • Intel Core i7-4558U
      81%
    • Intel Core i7-4650U
      81%
    • Intel Core i5-2300
      81%
    • Intel Core i5-5257U
      80%
    • Intel Core i7-3540M
      80%
    • Intel Core i7-2670QM
      79%
    • Intel Core i5-3470T
      79%
    • AMD FX-6350
      78%
    • Intel Core i5-3380M
      78%
    • Intel Core i7-2675QM
      77%
    • Intel Core i7-3520M
      77%
    • Intel Core i5-4670S
      77%
    • Intel Core i5-2400S
      77%
    • Intel Core i7-5600U
      76%
    • Intel Core i5-3360M
      76%
    • Intel Core i3-4330T
      76%
    • Intel Core i5-4300M
      76%
    • AMD FX-8120
      75%
    • Intel Core i5-2405S
      75%
    • Intel Core i5-2500T
      75%
    • Intel Core i7-2635QM
      75%
    • Intel Core i5-4288U
      74%
    • Intel Core i7-2630QM
      74%
    • Intel Core i3-4130T
      73%
    • Intel Core i5-4258U
      73%
    • AMD FX-6200
      73%
    • AMD FX-6300
      73%
    • Intel Core i7-4600U
      72%
    • Intel Core i7-5500U
      72%
    • Intel Core i3-3225
      72%
    • Intel Core i3-3240
      71%
    • AMD A10-7850K
      71%
    • Intel Core i5-3320M
      71%
    • Intel Pentium G3430
      71%
    • AMD A10-6800K
      70%
    • Intel Core i3-3220
      70%
    • Intel Core i5-5300U
      69%
    • Intel Core i5-2390T
      69%
    • AMD FX-6120
      69%
    • Intel Core i7-3687U
      68%
    • Intel Pentium G3420
      68%
    • Intel Core i5-5250U
      68%
    • Intel Core i3-2130
      67%
    • Intel Core i7-4500U
      67%
    • Intel Core i3-2125
      67%
    • Intel Core i5-3230M
      67%
    • AMD A10-7700K
      67%
    • Intel Core i3-3210
      67%
    • AMD FX-4350
      67%
    • Intel Core i5-3210M
      66%
    • Intel Core i7-3517UE
      66%
    • AMD A10-6790K
      66%
    • Intel Core i3-2120T
      66%
    • AMD A8-6600K
      65%
    • AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
      65%
    • AMD FX-6100
      65%
    • AMD FX-8100
      65%
    • Intel Core i5-2540M
      65%
    • AMD A10-5800K
      65%
    • AMD FX-4170
      65%
    • AMD A10-6700T
      65%
    • Intel Core i5-4350U
      64%
    • Intel Core i7-3537U
      64%
    • Intel Core i5-5200U
      64%
    • Intel Core i5-2520M
      64%
    • Intel Core i7-3667U
      63%
    • Intel Pentium G2130
      63%
    • Intel Pentium G3220
      63%
    • Intel Core i5-2435M
      63%
    • Intel Core i3-2100
      62%
    • Intel Core i3-2105
      62%
    • Intel Core i5-4250U
      62%
    • AMD FX-4300
      61%
    • Intel Core i7-3517U
      61%
    • AMD A8-6500
      61%
    • AMD A8-5600K
      61%
    • Intel Core i5-2415M
      61%
    • Intel Core i5-2450M
      61%
    • Intel Pentium G2120
      61%
    • Intel Core i5-3437U
      61%
    • Intel Core i3-3220T
      60%
    • AMD A10-5700
      59%
    • Intel Core i5-3427U
      59%
    • Intel Celeron G1840
      59%
    • Intel Core i5-4200U
      59%
    • Intel Core i5-2430M
      59%
    • AMD FX-4130
      58%
    • Intel Core i3-3240T
      58%
    • Intel Celeron G1820
      57%
    • Intel Pentium G870
      57%
    • AMD Phenom II X4 840
      57%
    • AMD FX-4100
      56%
    • Intel Core i5-2410M
      56%
    • AMD A8-5500
      56%
    • Intel Pentium G2020
      56%
    • Intel Core i5-3337U
      56%
    • Intel Core i3-3130M
      55%
    • Intel Core i3-5010U
      55%
    • Intel Pentium G850
      55%
    • AMD A8-3870K
      54%
    • Intel Core i5-3317U
      54%
    • Intel Pentium G2010
      54%
    • AMD Athlon II X4 651
      54%
    • Intel Pentium G860T
      54%
    • Intel Celeron G1630
      54%
    • Intel Core i3-4000M
      54%
    • Intel Pentium G3220T
      53%
    • AMD A8-3850
      53%
    • Intel Celeron G1620T
      53%
    • Intel Pentium G840
      53%
    • Intel Core i3-2100T
      53%
    • AMD Athlon II X3 460
      52%
    • Intel Core i5-2557M
      52%
    • Intel Pentium G645
      52%
    • Intel Core i3-3120M
      52%
    • Intel Celeron G1610
      52%
    • Intel Core i3-3110M
      51%
    • Intel Core i3-5005U
      50%
    • AMD Athlon II X4 641
      50%
    • Intel Pentium G2020T
      50%
    • AMD A10-5750M
      49%
    • Intel Pentium G640
      49%
    • AMD A6-6400K
      49%
    • AMD A6-3670K
      49%
    • Intel Pentium 2030M
      49%
    • Intel Core i7-3689Y
      48%
    • AMD A6-3650
      48%
    • AMD Athlon II X4 631
      47%
    • AMD Athlon II X2 280
      47%
    • Intel Pentium 2020M
      47%
    • Intel Pentium G620
      47%
    • AMD A8-3820
      47%
    • Intel Celeron G550
      46%
    • Intel Pentium G630
      46%
    • AMD A4-6300
      46%
    • AMD Athlon II X4 620e
      46%
    • Intel Core i3-2370M
      46%
    • Intel Celeron G1610T
      46%
    • Intel Pentium G645T
      46%
    • AMD A10-5757M
      46%
    • AMD A8-3800
      46%
    • AMD A6-5400K
      45%
    • AMD A6-5400B
      45%
    • Intel Celeron G540
      45%
    • Intel Pentium G6960
      45%
    • Intel Core i3-2350M
      45%
    • Intel Core i3-2312M
      45%
    • Intel Celeron G530
      44%
    • AMD A4-5300
      44%
    • AMD Athlon II X2 270
      44%
    • Intel Core i3-2330M
      44%
    • Intel Core i3-4005U
      43%
    • Intel Core i3-2328M
      43%
    • Intel Core i3-4010U
      43%
    • AMD A10-4600M
      43%
    • AMD Athlon II X3 425e
      42%
    • Intel Core i3-2310M
      42%
    • Intel Pentium G630T
      42%
    • Intel Core i5-4200Y
      42%
    • Intel Pentium B980
      42%
    • AMD A6-3620
      41%
    • Intel Pentium B970
      41%
    • Intel Core i5-2467M
      41%
    • AMD A6-3600
      41%
    • Intel Core i3-3227U
      41%
    • AMD A8-5557M
      41%
    • Intel Core i5-3339Y
      40%
    • AMD A8-5550M
      40%
    • Intel Pentium B960
      40%
    • Intel Celeron G540T
      39%
    • AMD A4-4000
      39%
    • AMD A8-3550MX
      39%
    • AMD A8-3530MX
      38%
    • Intel Pentium G620T
      38%
    • Intel Core i3-3217UE
      38%
    • Intel Pentium B950
      38%
    • AMD A6-3430MX
      38%
    • AMD A4-5150M
      38%
    • AMD A4-3420
      37%
    • Intel Pentium B940
      37%
    • Intel Celeron 1037U
      37%
    • AMD A10-5745M
      37%
    • AMD A6-5357M
      37%
    • Intel Pentium 3556U
      36%
    • AMD A8-4500M
      36%
    • AMD A8-3510MX
      36%
    • Intel Celeron 1000M
      36%
    • AMD A6-5350M
      36%
    • AMD A10-4655M
      36%
    • Intel Celeron B840
      35%
    • AMD A4-3400
      35%
    • Intel Pentium P6300
      35%
    • Intel Pentium 2117U
      35%
    • AMD A6-5345M
      35%
    • AMD A6-3500
      35%
    • Intel Core i5-2537M
      35%
    • AMD A6-4400M
      34%
    • AMD A6-5200
      34%
    • Intel Core i3-4010Y
      34%
    • AMD A8-3520M
      33%
    • Intel Celeron B830
      33%
    • AMD A4-3300
      33%
    • AMD A4-4300M
      33%
    • AMD A8-5545M
      32%
    • Intel Core i3-2377M
      32%
    • AMD A6-3410MX
      32%
    • Intel Celeron B820
      32%
    • Intel Celeron 2955U
      32%
    • AMD A6-3420M
      32%
    • Intel Celeron B810
      31%
    • AMD E2-3200
      31%
    • AMD A8-3500M
      30%
    • Intel Celeron B815
      30%
    • Intel Atom Z3770
      30%
    • Intel Celeron 1007U
      30%
    • Intel Pentium 997
      30%
    • Intel Core i3-2367M
      30%
    • AMD A6-3400M
      29%
    • Intel Celeron 887
      29%
    • Intel Celeron G465
      29%
    • Intel Pentium 3560Y
      29%
    • Intel Core i3-3229Y
      29%
    • AMD A8-4555M
      29%
    • Intel Celeron B800
      28%
    • AMD A4-3310MX
      28%
    • AMD A4-3330MX
      28%
    • Intel Core i3-2357M
      28%
    • Intel Celeron 877
      27%
    • Intel Celeron G460
      27%
    • AMD A4-3305M
      27%
    • Intel Pentium 987
      27%
    • AMD A4-3320M
      27%
    • AMD A4-5000
      26%
    • Intel Pentium 967
      26%
    • AMD A6-4455M
      26%
    • Intel Celeron 857
      26%
    • Intel Atom Z3740
      25%
    • AMD A4-3300M
      25%
    • AMD A4-4355M
      24%
    • Intel Celeron 867
      23%
    • AMD E2-3000M
      23%
    • Intel Celeron G440
      23%
    • Intel Pentium 2129Y
      23%
    • AMD E2-3000
      22%
    • Intel Celeron 847
      21%
    • AMD A6-1450
      21%
    • Intel Pentium U5600
      18%
    • AMD E1-2500
      18%
    • AMD E2-2000
      16%
    • AMD E2-1800
      16%
    • AMD E-450
      15%
    • AMD E-350
      15%
    • Intel Atom D2700
      15%
    • AMD E1-1500
      14%
    • AMD A4-1200
      13%
    • Intel Atom D2550
      13%
    • AMD E1-1200
      13%
    • AMD E1-2100
      13%
    • Intel Atom N2800
      13%
    • AMD A4-1250
      13%
    • AMD E-300
      12%
    • Intel Atom Z2760
      12%
    • AMD C-60
      11%
    • Intel Atom D2500
      11%
    • Intel Atom N570
      11%
    • Intel Atom N2600
      11%
    • AMD C-70
      10%
    • AMD E-240
      10%
    • AMD Z-01
      10%
    • AMD C-50
      10%
    • Intel Atom Z670
      6%

    Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

    The Intel Core i5-3550S is a cpu released by Intel on Apr 2012. This processor is based on the architecture and packs 1400 million transistors on a 22 nm, 160 mm² die.

    Intel Core i5-3550S pros and cons


    Specifications


    Features

    Architecture

    ArchitectureIntel_IvyBridge
    MarketDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR3
    CodenameIvy Bridge
    Release DateApr 2012

    Cores

    Cores4
    Threads4
    E-Coresnone
    SMPs1
    Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 2500

    Cache

    L1 Cache64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)

    Physical

    SocketIntel Socket 1155
    Max Case Temp69°C
    PackageFC-LGA12C
    Die Size160mm²
    Process22 nm

    Performance

    Cpu Frequency3000 MHz
    Turbo Clock3700 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHz
    Voltageunknown
    TDP65 W

    Compared to similar performing CPUs

    Intel Core i5-3550SIntel Core i3-6100Intel Core i5-6500Intel Core i5-6400AMD FX-8370
    Intel Core i5-3550SIntel Core i3-6100Intel Core i5-6500Intel Core i5-6400AMD FX-8370
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    ArchitectureIntel_IvyBridgeIntel_SkylakeIntel_SkylakeIntel_SkylakeAMD_Piledriver
    Process Node22 nm14 nm14 nm14 nm32 nm
    Cores/Threads4/42/44/44/48/8
    Release DateApr 2012Sep 2015Jul 2015Jul 2015Sep 2014

    Benchmarks

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

    • Intel Core i3-6100
      3934
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      3438
    • Intel Core i5-6400
      3252
    • Intel Core i5-3550S
      2967
    • AMD FX-8370
      2167

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

    • AMD FX-8370
      10991
    • Intel Core i5-6500
      10602
    • Intel Core i5-6400
      10168
    • Intel Core i5-3550S
      9295
    • Intel Core i3-6100
      8336

    points - higher is better