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AMD logo Phenom X3 8550
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AMD logo Athlon II X2 240

AMD Phenom X3 8550 logo AMD Athlon II X2 240 logo
General information Phenom X3 8550 Athlon II X2 240
Launched Q2 2009 Q3 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD AMD
Socket AM2 AM3
Clock 2.2 GHz 21.4 % 2.8 GHz 0 %
Cores 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Threads 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 65 W 31.6 %
Performance Phenom X3 8550 Athlon II X2 240
Overall Score 28900 0 % 28594 1.1 %
Future Proof 13 % 7.1 % 14 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 698 0 % 669 4.2 %
Single Thread Score 828.3 22.8 % 1072.7 0 %
Encrypting Data 1591.1 MB/s 0 % 1526.3 MB/s 4.1 %
Compressing Data 21.8 MB/s 1.6 % 22.2 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 3174.6 thousand/s 0 % 2860.1 thousand/s 9.9 %
Prime numbers generation 4 millions/s 19.3 % 5 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 2849.6 millions/s 3.6 % 2955.2 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 2424.9 millions/s 0 % 2377 millions/s 2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Phenom X3 8550, Athlon II X2 240.

Average frames per second Phenom X3 8550 Athlon II X2 240
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 40.6 FPS 40.2 FPS
High settings 65.0 FPS 64.3 FPS
Medium settings 81.3 FPS 80.3 FPS
Low settings 101.6 FPS 100.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.2 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Phenom X3 8550 Athlon II X2 240
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 101.1 FPS 100.7 FPS
High settings 161.7 FPS 161.1 FPS
Medium settings 202.2 FPS 201.4 FPS
Low settings 252.7 FPS 251.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.4 %
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