Pentium 3550M vs Phenom II X4 P920

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Aggregate performance score

Phenom II X4 P920
2010
4 cores / 4 threads, 25 Watt
0.85
+1.2%
Pentium 3550M
2013
2 cores / 2 threads, 37 Watt
0.84

Phenom II X4 P920 outperforms Pentium 3550M by a minimal 1% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X4 P920 and Pentium 3550M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking25632573
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series4x AMD Phenom IIIntel Pentium
Power efficiency3.222.15
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Haswell (2013−2015)
Release date12 May 2010 (14 years ago)1 September 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$134

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 P920 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 speedno data2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed1.6 GHz2.3 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHz5 GT/s
L1 cache512 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB256K (per core)
L3 cacheno data2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm22 nm
Die sizeno data118 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data105 °C
Number of transistorsno data1,400 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 P920 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
SocketS1 (S1g4)FCPGA946
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt37 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 P920 and Pentium 3550M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, 3DNow, SSE (1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
VirusProtect+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Thermal Monitoring-+

Security technologies

Phenom II X4 P920 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 Phenom II X4 P920 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 Phenom II X4 P920 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 Phenom II X4 P920 and Pentium 3550M integrated GPUs.

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

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X4 P920 and Pentium 3550M.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.85 0.84
Recency 12 May 2010 1 September 2013
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 45 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 37 Watt

Phenom II X4 P920 has a 1.2% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 48% lower power consumption.

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

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Phenom II X4 P920 and Pentium 3550M.


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