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: 27.93

Overall Rank:
3778th fastest in multithreading out of 5038 CPUs
2867th fastest in single threading out of 5038 CPUs
1145th fastest in out of 1422 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $41.35 USD (2022-07-06)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1155

Single Thread Rating

1226

²
Samples: 458*
*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	3,168 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,572 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	8 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,195 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	313.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	25,367 KBytes/Sec
Physics	142 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	544 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,226 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 30th of March 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom II X2 550

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 27th of March 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 27th of March 2025.
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 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,751
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,334
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,050
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,495
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,125
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,870
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,195
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,718
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,639
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,145
AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,155

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		224.28
Intel Core i9-12900K		130.81
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.61
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.34
AMD Phenom II X2 550		27.93
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,612
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,144
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,018
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,681
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,923
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,564
AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,226

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Phenom II X2 550
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2485599 - Mar 16 2025		1317
BL2388052 - Feb 03 2025		1417
BL2385840 - Feb 02 2025		1229
BL2384976 - Feb 02 2025		1177
BL2374147 - Jan 28 2025		340

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom II X2 550
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,155
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,169 (+1.2%)
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		934 (-19.1%)
Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,183 (+2.4%)
AMD Athlon II X2 245 vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,125 (-2.6%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7400 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,042 (-9.8%)
Intel Pentium E6300 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,032 (-10.6%)
AMD Athlon 7750 Dual-Core vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,002 (-13.3%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		936 (-18.9%)
AMD Phenom II X2 545 vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,222 (+5.8%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6850 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,154 (-0.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7500 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,151 (-0.4%)
AMD Athlon II X2 240e vs AMD Phenom II X2 550		1,007 (-12.8%)

Is the AMD Phenom II X2 550 Good for Gaming?
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,188
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,362
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,855
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,599
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,539
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,295
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,824
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,695
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,533
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,445
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,433
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		9,328
AMD Phenom II X2 550		401

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