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General information Phenom 9550 Core i3-540
Launched Q4 2008 Q1 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket AM2+ LGA1156
Clock 2.2 GHz 29 % 3.1 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 73 W 23.2 %
Performance Phenom 9550 Core i3-540
Overall Score 32168 0 % 31563 1.9 %
Future Proof 10 % 41.2 % 17 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1071 0 % 993 7.3 %
Single Thread Score 859.4 31.9 % 1262.1 0 %
Encrypting Data 2422.8 MB/s 0 % 2279.8 MB/s 5.9 %
Compressing Data 35.8 MB/s 0 % 33.2 MB/s 7.4 %
String objects sorting 4618.4 thousand/s 0 % 4535 thousand/s 1.8 %
Prime numbers generation 8 millions/s 20.4 % 10 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 5173.6 millions/s 36 % 8087.1 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3774.5 millions/s 0 % 3507 millions/s 7.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Phenom 9550, Core i3-540.

Average frames per second Phenom 9550 Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 50.4 FPS 48.6 FPS
High settings 80.6 FPS 77.7 FPS
Medium settings 100.7 FPS 97.1 FPS
Low settings 125.9 FPS 121.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.6 %

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 9550 Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 107.2 FPS 106.1 FPS
High settings 171.5 FPS 169.8 FPS
Medium settings 214.3 FPS 212.2 FPS
Low settings 267.9 FPS 265.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 1 %
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