AMD Phenom II X2 550: specs and benchmarks

AMD started AMD Phenom II X2 550 sales on November 2009 at a recommended price of $133. This is Callisto architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 45 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3.1 GHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket AM3 processor with a TDP of 80 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.

It provides poor benchmark performance at 4.22 percent of a leader's which is AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X.

Of Phenom II X2 550 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture and sales start time and price.

Phenom II X2 550's quantitative parameters such as cores and threads number, clocks, manufacturing process, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of Phenom II X2 550's performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Information on Phenom II X2 550 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one.

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Phenom II X2 550.

Non-gaming benchmarks performance of Phenom II X2 550. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.

Let's see how good Phenom II X2 550 is for gaming compared with game system requirements. Remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect real performance inaccurately.