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Intel logo Core i5-2550K
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General information Core i5-2550K Core i5-4590T
Launched Q1 2012 Q2 2014
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA1150
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Haswell Refresh
Clock 3.4 GHz 0 % 2 GHz 41.2 %
Turbo Clock 3.8 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 21.1 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 35 W 63.2 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 22 nm 31.3 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 6 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Performance Core i5-2550K Core i5-4590T
Overall Score 40433 0 % 40291 0.4 %
Future Proof 28 % 33.3 % 42 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 2673 0 % 2635 1.4 %
Single Thread Score 1769 0 % 1652 6.6 %
Encrypting Data 1034.8 MB/s 82.9 % 6033.7 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 66.1 MB/s 0 % 56.3 MB/s 14.8 %
String objects sorting 8943.1 thousand/s 0 % 7659.6 thousand/s 14.4 %
Prime numbers generation 25.7 millions/s 5.2 % 27.2 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 14686.1 millions/s 0 % 11815.8 millions/s 19.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7464.5 millions/s 17.2 % 9013.7 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-2550K, Core i5-4590T.

Average frames per second Core i5-2550K Core i5-4590T
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 74.8 FPS 74.4 FPS
High settings 119.7 FPS 119.0 FPS
Medium settings 149.6 FPS 148.8 FPS
Low settings 187.1 FPS 186.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.6 %

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 Core i5-2550K Core i5-4590T
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 121.7 FPS 121.5 FPS
High settings 194.8 FPS 194.4 FPS
Medium settings 243.5 FPS 243.0 FPS
Low settings 304.3 FPS 303.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.2 %
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