Processor Intel Core i5-2550k, Specifications

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 2000
• Family
  Intel Core i5
• Generation
  2
• Name
  Intel Core i5-2550k
• Predecessor
  —
• Segment
  Desktop / Server
• Successor
  —

• A-Core
  —
• B-Core
  —
• Base Frequency
  3.4 GHz
• C-Core
  —
• Core architecture
  normal
• CPU Cores
  4
• CPU Threads
  4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No
• Overclocking
  Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.8 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  No turbo

• DirectX Version
  —
• Execution units
  —
• Generation
  —
• GPU Frequency
  —
• GPU name
  no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo
• Max. displays
  —
• Max. GPU Memory
  —
• Release date
  —
• Shader
  —
• Technology
  —

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

• ECC
  No
• Max. Memory
  32 GB
• Memory channels
  2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1333
• PCIe lanes
  16
• PCIe version
  2.0

• AES-NI
  Yes

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  —
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  95 W
• TDP (PL2)
  —
• TDP down
  —
• TDP up
  —

• Architecture
  Sandy Bridge S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L2-Cache
  —
• L3-Cache
  6 MB
• Part Number
  —
• Release date
  Q1/2012
• Socket
  LGA 1155
• Technology
  32 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT

Common positions Intel Core i5-2550k CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.