Pentium 3550M: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Pentium 3550M provides poor benchmark performance at 0.84% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.
Summary
Intel started Pentium 3550M sales 1 September 2013 at a recommended price of $134. This is a Haswell architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 22 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2.3 and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is FCPGA946 processor with a TDP of 37 Watt and a maximum temperature of 105 °C. It supports DDR3 memory.
Primary details
Pentium 3550M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 2588 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Series | Intel Pentium | |
| Power efficiency | 2.15 | of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U) |
| Architecture codename | Haswell (2013−2015) | |
| Release date | 1 September 2013 (11 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $134 | of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 2 (Dual-core) | |
| Threads | 2 | |
| Base clock speed | 2.3 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (Ryzen 9 7900X) |
| Boost clock speed | 2.3 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| Bus rate | 5 GT/s | |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | |
| L3 cache | 2 MB (shared) | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | of 3 nm (Core Ultra 9 285K) |
| Die size | 118 mm2 | |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | of 110 °C (Core Ultra 9 185H) |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 105 °C | |
| Number of transistors | 1,400 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium 3550M compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H) |
| Socket | FCPGA946 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 37 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Pentium 3550M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | |
| Thermal Monitoring | + |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | |
| EDB | + | |
| Secure Key | + | |
| Anti-Theft | - |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| AMD-V | + | |
| VT-d | - | |
| VT-x | + | |
| EPT | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Pentium 3550M's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | |
| Maximum memory size | 32 GB | of 6 TiB (EPYC 9654) |
| Max memory channels | 2 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | of 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9654) |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Pentium 3550M.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel Processors | |
| Clear Video HD | - | |
| Graphics max frequency | 1.1 GHz |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 3550M's integrated GPU.
| Number of displays supported | 3 | |
| eDP | + | |
| DisplayPort | + | |
| HDMI | + | |
| VGA | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | of 5.0 (EPYC 9655P) |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | of 128 (EPYC 9655P) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Pentium 3550M. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Passmark
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AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Pentium 3550M is A8-4555M, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 2 positions in our ranking.
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