AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D vs Intel Core i5-2550k. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 7000 Intel Core i 2000
• Family
  Ryzen Intel Core i5
• Form Factor
  Desktops / Boxed Processor -
• Generation
  6 2
• Segment
  Desktop Desktop / Server
• Series
  Ryzen 7000 Series -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  4.2 GHz 3.4 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Core Configuration
  16x Zen 4 -
• CPU Cores
  16 4
• CPU Threads
  32 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Max. Boost Clock
  5.7 GHz -
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  5.7 GHz 3.8 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (16 Cores)
  5 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - No turbo

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 -
• Execution units
  2 -
• Generation
  9 -
• GPU Frequency
  2200 MHz -
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon Graphics no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  2200 MHz No turbo
• Graphics Cores
  2 -
• Max. displays
  3 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB -
• Release date
  Q3/2022 -
• Shader
  128 -
• Technology
  5 nm -

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-2550k and AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 32 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  83.2 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR5 DDR3-1333
• PCIe
  PCIe 5.0 -
• PCIe lanes
  - 16
• PCIe version
  - 2.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D and Intel Core i5-2550k Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Default TDP
  120 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  89 °C -
• TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
  120 W -
• TDP (PL2)
  162 W -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  - 95 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D and Intel Core i5-2550k, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Raphael (Zen 4) Sandy Bridge S
• Chip design
  Chiplet -
• Codename
  Raphael AM5 -
• Documents
  Technical data sheet -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L2-Cache
  16 MB -
• L3-Cache
  128 MB 6 MB
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux -
• Release date
  2023-02-28 Q1/2012
• Socket
  AM5 LGA 1155
• Technology
  TSMC 5nm FinFET 32 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT