Phenom X3 8550: specs and benchmarks
Aggregated performance score
It provides poor benchmark performance at 0.70% of a leader's which is Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.
Summary
AMD started Phenom X3 8550 sales on April 2008 at a recommended price of $170. This is a Toliman architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 3 cores and 3 threads, and is based on 65 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2200 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket AM2+ processor with a TDP of 95 Watt.
General info
Phenom X3 8550 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | 2577 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Value for money | 2.13 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Architecture codename | Toliman (2008) | |
| Release date | April 2008 (16 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $170 | of 305 (Core i7-870) |
| Current price | $13.95 (0.1x MSRP) | of 17802 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
Value for money
Performance per price, higher is better.
Technical specs
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 | 3 (Tri-Core) | |
| Threads | 3 | |
| Boost clock speed | 2.2 GHz | of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) | of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | of 98304 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
| L3 cache | 2 MB (shared) | of 768 (EPYC 7773X) |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 285 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 450 million | of 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | |
| Unlocked multiplier | No |
Compatibility
Information on Phenom X3 8550 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 8160M) |
| Socket | AM2+ | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| AMD-V | + |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Phenom X3 8550. 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
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
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Intel equivalent
According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Phenom X3 8550 is Celeron G1101, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 9 positions in our ranking.
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Similar processors
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Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Phenom X3 8550, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Phenom X3 8550 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 51 configurations based on Phenom X3 8550 in our database.
