Pentium 3550M vs Core 2 Duo P7550

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Aggregate performance score

Core 2 Duo P7550
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 25 Watt
0.53
Pentium 3550M
2013
2 cores / 2 threads, 37 Watt
0.84
+58.5%

Pentium 3550M outperforms Core 2 Duo P7550 by an impressive 58% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo P7550 and Pentium 3550M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28422573
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 DuoIntel Pentium
Power efficiency2.012.15
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Haswell (2013−2015)
Release date1 October 2009 (15 years ago)1 September 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$134

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo P7550 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed2.26 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.26 GHz2.3 GHz
Bus rate1066 MHz5 GT/s
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache3 MB256K (per core)
L3 cache3 MB L2 Cache2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm22 nm
Die size107 mm2118 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data105 °C
Number of transistors410 Million1,400 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo P7550 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 configurationno data1
SocketPGA478FCPGA946
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt37 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo P7550 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)++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Thermal Monitoring-+

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo P7550 and Pentium 3550M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo P7550 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 Core 2 Duo P7550 and Pentium 3550M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
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 Core 2 Duo P7550 and Pentium 3550M integrated GPUs.

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

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo P7550 and Pentium 3550M.

PCIe versionno data2.0
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.

Core 2 Duo P7550 0.53
Pentium 3550M 0.84
+58.5%

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.

Core 2 Duo P7550 849
Pentium 3550M 1330
+56.7%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.53 0.84
Recency 1 October 2009 1 September 2013
Chip lithography 45 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 37 Watt

Core 2 Duo P7550 has 48% lower power consumption.

Pentium 3550M, on the other hand, has a 58.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 104.5% more advanced lithography process.

The Pentium 3550M is our recommended choice as it beats the Core 2 Duo P7550 in performance tests.


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