Ryzen 5 3550H vs Core 2 Duo SP9400

Place in the ranking	2832	1232
Place by popularity	not in top-100	80
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core 2 Duo	AMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiency	2.04	13.22
Architecture codename	Penryn (2008−2011)	Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)
Release date	20 August 2008 (16 years ago)	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$284	no data

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo SP9400 and Ryzen 5 3550H 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	8
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus type	no data	PCIe 3.0
Bus rate	1066 MHz	no data
Multiplier	no data	21
L1 cache	no data	128K (per core)
L2 cache	6 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	6 MB L2 Cache	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	12 nm
Die size	107 mm²	209.78 mm²
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	410 Million	4940 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo SP9400 and Ryzen 5 3550H 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 configuration	no data	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	BGA956	FP5
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo SP9400 and Ryzen 5 3550H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo SP9400 and Ryzen 5 3550H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo SP9400 and Ryzen 5 3550H are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo SP9400 and Ryzen 5 3550H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR4
Maximum memory size	no data	64 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	38.4 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo SP9400 and Ryzen 5 3550H.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	12

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 SP9400 0.54

Ryzen 5 3550H 4.89
+806%

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 SP9400 863

Ryzen 5 3550H 7766
+800%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Core 2 Duo SP9400 2083

Ryzen 5 3550H 4592
+120%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Core 2 Duo SP9400 3950

Ryzen 5 3550H 19521
+394%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Core 2 Duo SP9400 2059

Ryzen 5 3550H 7174
+248%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.54	4.89
Recency	20 August 2008	6 January 2019
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	8
Chip lithography	45 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	35 Watt

Core 2 Duo SP9400 has 40% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 3550H, on the other hand, has a 805.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 275% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 5 3550H is our recommended choice as it beats the Core 2 Duo SP9400 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core 2 Duo SP9400 and Ryzen 5 3550H, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.