Intel Core i5-2550k vs AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 2000 AMD Ryzen 7000
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Ryzen
• Generation
  2 6
• Predecessor
  - AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop
• Form Factor
  - Desktops / Boxed Processor
• 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
  3.4 GHz 4.2 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 8
• CPU Threads
  4 16
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.8 GHz 5.6 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Core Configuration
  - 8x
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 5 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 5.4 GHz

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
  no iGPU AMD Radeon Graphics
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 2200 MHz
• Max. displays
  - 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 8 GB
• Release date
  - Q3/2022
• Shader
  - 128
• Technology
  - 5 nm
• Graphics Cores
  - 2

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 AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D and Intel Core i5-2550k. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

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

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-2550k and AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  - 89 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  95 W 170 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - 230 W
• Default TDP
  - 120 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-2550k and AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Sandy Bridge S Raphael (Zen 4)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
• L2-Cache
  - 8 MB
• L3-Cache
  6 MB 96 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2012 2023-04-06
• Socket
  LGA 1155 AM5
• Technology
  32 nm TSMC 5nm FinFET
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT AMD-V, SVM
• Chip design
  - Chiplet
• Codename
  - Raphael AM5
• Operating systems
  - Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux