AMD Phenom II X2 550 vs Intel Core i3-7100. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Phenom II - 545 Intel Core i 7000
• Family
  AMD Phenom II Intel Core i3
• Generation
  2 7
• Predecessor
  - Intel Core i3-6100
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Successor
  - Intel Core i3-8100

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

• Base Frequency
  3.1 GHz 3.9 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• CPU Threads
  2 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo 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
  - 24
• Generation
  - 9.5
• GPU Frequency
  - 350 MHz
• GPU name
  no iGPU Intel HD Graphics 630
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1100 MHz
• Max. displays
  - 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 64 GB
• Release date
  - Q2/2016
• Shader
  - 192
• Technology
  - 14 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-7100 and AMD Phenom II X2 550. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR2-1066 DDR4-2400
• PCIe lanes
  - 16
• PCIe version
  - 3.0

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Phenom II X2 550 and Intel Core i3-7100 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  80 W 51 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Phenom II X2 550 and Intel Core i3-7100, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Callisto (K10) Kaby Lake S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE3, SSE4a SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  6 MB 3 MB
• Release date
  Q4/2009 Q1/2017
• Socket
  AM3 LGA 1151
• Technology
  45 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d