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:
3640th fastest in multithreading out of 4910 CPUs
2750th fastest in single threading out of 4910 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 22nd of December 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom II X2 550

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 18th of December 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 18th of December 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 22nd of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,920
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,435
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,099
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,598
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,098
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,888
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,251
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,742
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,582
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,152
AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,167

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 22nd of December 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		286.20
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		186.30
Intel Core i9-12900K		150.67
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		145.75
Intel Core i9-13900K		111.18
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.59
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.43
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 22nd of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,616
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,157
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,027
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,685
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,362
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,927
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,566
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 22nd of December 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		1,165 (-0.2%)
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		937 (-19.7%)
AMD Athlon II X2 245 vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,110 (-4.8%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7400 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,041 (-10.8%)
Intel Pentium E6300 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,032 (-11.5%)
AMD Athlon 7750 Dual-Core vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		987 (-15.4%)
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		1,147 (-1.7%)
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		942 (-19.3%)

Is the AMD Phenom II X2 550 Good for Gaming?
As of 22nd of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,250
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,924
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,882
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,563
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,322
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,869
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,577
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,424
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,305
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,258
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,198
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		8,916
AMD Phenom II X2 550		405

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