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General information Phenom 9950 Core i3-550
Launched Q4 2008 Q2 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket AM2+ LGA1156
Clock 2.6 GHz 18.8 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 W 0 % 73 W 41.6 %
Performance Phenom 9950 Core i3-550
Overall Score 33302 0 % 32019 3.9 %
Future Proof 10 % 44.4 % 18 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1230 0 % 1051 14.6 %
Single Thread Score 1030.1 23.6 % 1349.1 0 %
Encrypting Data 2624.4 MB/s 0 % 2251.8 MB/s 14.2 %
Compressing Data 42.4 MB/s 0 % 34.5 MB/s 18.5 %
String objects sorting 5475.7 thousand/s 0 % 4748.9 thousand/s 13.3 %
Prime numbers generation 8.1 millions/s 20 % 10.1 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 6031 millions/s 29.4 % 8538.5 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 4406.3 millions/s 0 % 3695.3 millions/s 16.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Phenom 9950, Core i3-550.

Average frames per second Phenom 9950 Core i3-550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 53.4 FPS 49.7 FPS
High settings 85.4 FPS 79.5 FPS
Medium settings 106.8 FPS 99.4 FPS
Low settings 133.5 FPS 124.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.9 %

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 9950 Core i3-550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 109.0 FPS 106.7 FPS
High settings 174.4 FPS 170.7 FPS
Medium settings 217.9 FPS 213.3 FPS
Low settings 272.4 FPS 266.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.1 %
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