Intel Core i5-7600T vs Intel Core i5-3550

Intel Core i5-7600T
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
2700 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
Intel Core i5-7600T
Intel Core i5-3550
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3300 MHz / Cores: 4 / Apr 2012
Intel Core i5-3550

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-7600T

42 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-3550

Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

Intel Core i5-3550

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-3550

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-7600TIntel Core i5-3550
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
vPro
Boost 2.0

Architecture

Intel Core i5-7600TIntel Core i5-3550
ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameKaby LakevsIvy Bridge
Release DateSep 2016vsApr 2012

Cores

Intel Core i5-7600TIntel Core i5-3550
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 630vsIntel HD 2500

Cache

Intel Core i5-7600TIntel Core i5-3550
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i5-7600TIntel Core i5-3550
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Temp72°Cvs67°C
PackagevsFC-LGA12C
Die Sizeunknownvs160mm²
Process14 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-7600TIntel Core i5-3550
Cpu Frequency2700 MHzvs3300 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs3700 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP35 Wvs77 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-7600T
    3240 points
  • Intel Core i5-3550
    3811 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-7600T
    12960 points
  • Intel Core i5-3550
    13596 points

Points - higher is better