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Intel logo Pentium 4

AMD Phenom X3 8550 logo Intel Pentium 4 logo
General information Phenom X3 8550 Pentium 4
Launched Q2 2009 Q1 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket AM2 PGA478
Clock 2.2 GHz 4.3 % 2.3 GHz 0 %
Cores 3 0 % 1 66.7 %
Threads 3 0 % 1 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 58 W 38.9 %
Performance Phenom X3 8550 Pentium 4
Overall Score 28837 0 % 17638 38.8 %
Future Proof 13 % 0 % 11 % 15.4 %
Benchmark Score 692 0 % 97 86 %
Single Thread Score 827.5 0 % 411.9 50.2 %
Encrypting Data 1600.8 MB/s 0 % 221.1 MB/s 86.2 %
Compressing Data 21.9 MB/s 0 % 3.3 MB/s 84.9 %
String objects sorting 3209.8 thousand/s 0 % 391.4 thousand/s 87.8 %
Prime numbers generation 4 millions/s 0 % 1.5 millions/s 61.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 2835.5 millions/s 0 % 1003.2 millions/s 64.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 2454.2 millions/s 0 % 565.1 millions/s 77 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Phenom X3 8550, Pentium 4.

Average frames per second Phenom X3 8550 Pentium 4
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 40.9 FPS 22.8 FPS
High settings 65.4 FPS 36.5 FPS
Medium settings 81.7 FPS 45.6 FPS
Low settings 102.2 FPS 57.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 44.2 %

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 Pentium 4
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 101.5 FPS 81.5 FPS
High settings 162.4 FPS 130.5 FPS
Medium settings 203.0 FPS 163.1 FPS
Low settings 253.8 FPS 203.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 19.7 %
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