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: 28.22

Overall Rank:
3630th fastest in multithreading out of 4898 CPUs
2741st fastest in single threading out of 4898 CPUs
1117th fastest in out of 1400 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1167

Single Thread Rating

1233

²
Samples: 454*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,941
Thread: 1,035

²Single 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	3,248 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,643 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	8 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,286 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	315.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	25,795 KBytes/Sec
Physics	145 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	540 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,233 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 27th of November 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom II X2 550

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 26th of November 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 26th of November 2024.
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 28th of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,996
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,470
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,112
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,596
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,083
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,887
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,258
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,746
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,570
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,153
AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,167

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 28th of November 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		223.17
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		208.45
Intel Core i9-13900K		155.22
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		151.02
Intel Core i9-12900K		148.11
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.59
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.86
AMD Phenom II X2 550		28.22
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 28th of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,620
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,160
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,028
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,686
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,361
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,928
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,567
AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,233

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Phenom II X2 550
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL5073602 - Sep 18 2024		1427
BL1949490 - Nov 18 2023		1719
BL1949390 - Nov 18 2023		1607
BL1822870 - May 20 2023		1257
BL1780471 - Mar 28 2023		1003

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom II X2 550
As of 28th of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,167
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,163 (-0.3%)
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		936 (-19.8%)
AMD Athlon II X2 245 vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,110 (-4.8%)
Intel Pentium E6300 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,032 (-11.5%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7400 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,030 (-11.8%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		930 (-20.3%)
AMD Phenom II X2 545 vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,222 (+4.7%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6850 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,142 (-2.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7200 @ 2.53GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		993 (-14.9%)
AMD Athlon II X2 240e vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		987 (-15.4%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7300 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		946 (-18.9%)
Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		902 (-22.7%)

Is the AMD Phenom II X2 550 Good for Gaming?
As of 28th of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,264
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		11,223
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,891
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,711
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,329
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		10,235
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,872
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,556
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,470
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,267
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,245
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		8,939
AMD Phenom II X2 550		405

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