Pentium 3550M vs Athlon II X4 615e

Aggregate performance score

Athlon II X4 615e
2010
4 cores / 4 threads, 45 Watt
1.31
+50.6%

Athlon II X4 615e outperforms Pentium 3550M by an impressive 51% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II X4 615e and Pentium 3550M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking22892568
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.23no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Pentium
Power efficiency2.652.14
Architecture codenamePropus (2009−2011)Haswell (2013−2015)
Release date21 September 2010 (14 years ago)1 September 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$59$134

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon II X4 615e and Pentium 3550M basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed2.5 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz2.3 GHz
Bus rateno data5 GT/s
L1 cache128 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm22 nm
Die size169 mm2118 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data105 °C
Number of transistors300 million1,400 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X4 615e and Pentium 3550M compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketAM3FCPGA946
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt37 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X4 615e and Pentium 3550M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Thermal Monitoring-+

Security technologies

Athlon II X4 615e and Pentium 3550M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X4 615e and Pentium 3550M are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X4 615e and Pentium 3550M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data25.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel® Processors
Graphics max frequencyno data1.1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon II X4 615e and Pentium 3550M integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
VGAno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X4 615e and Pentium 3550M.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Athlon II X4 615e 1.31
+50.6%
Pentium 3550M 0.87

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Athlon II X4 615e 2000
+50.4%
Pentium 3550M 1330

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.31 0.87
Recency 21 September 2010 1 September 2013
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 45 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 37 Watt

Athlon II X4 615e has a 50.6% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Pentium 3550M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 104.5% more advanced lithography process, and 21.6% lower power consumption.

The Athlon II X4 615e is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium 3550M in performance tests.

Note that Athlon II X4 615e is a desktop processor while Pentium 3550M is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon II X4 615e and Pentium 3550M, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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