Intel Core i5-2550K vs AMD FX-8370

What is the difference between Intel Core i5-2550K and AMD FX-8370. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

853Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score563
2769Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score2720
4090PassMark CPU Mark Rating
1749PassMark Single Thread Rating
28593DMark Time Spy Physics Score

Processor Specs

Intel Core i5-2550KProcessorAMD FX-8370
3400 MHzFrequency4000 MHz
3800 MHzMaximum Frequency4300 MHz
4Cores8
4Threads8
95 WTDP125 W
Sandy BridgeCodenameVishera
LGA1155PackageSocket AM3+ (942)

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

853Single-Core Score562
2589Multi-Core Score2970
Geekbench 5.3.2 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
GenericModelGigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. To be filled by O.E.M.
ASRock Z77 Extreme4MotherboardGigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. 990FXA-UD5
Power PlanPrestazioni elevate

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i5-2550KNameAMD FX-8370
1 Processor, 4 CoresTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7IdentifierAuthenticAMD Family 21 Model 2 Stepping 0
3.40 GHzBase Frequency4.02 GHz
5.90 GHzMaximum Frequency4319 MHz
Socket 1155 LGAPackageSocket AM3+ (942)
Sandy BridgeCodenameVishera
32.0 KB x 2L1 Instruction Cache64.0 KB x 4
32.0 KB x 2L1 Data Cache16.0 KB x 8
256 KB x 2L2 Cache2.00 MB x 4
6.00 MB x 1L3 Cache8.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

4.00 GBSize16.00 GB
799 MHzFrequency669 MHz
DDR3 SDRAMTypeDDR3 SDRAM
1Channels2

Geekbench 5 result (single)

853Single-Core Score562
931Crypto Score561
816Integer Score568
921Floating Point Score 550
931
1.59 GB/sec
AES-XTS561
979.9 MB/sec
935
4.73 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)637
3.22 MB/sec
932
44.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression664
31.4 Mpixels/sec
730
2.06 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)624
1.76 MTE/sec
798
937.2 KElements/sec
HTML5563
660.5 KElements/sec
792
248.1 Krows/sec
SQLite606
189.9 Krows/sec
831
45.1 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering599
32.5 Mpixels/sec
737
234.8 KB/sec
Text Rendering444
141.4 KB/sec
822
6.41 Klines/sec
Clang538
4.19 Klines/sec
792
9.18 images/sec
Camera480
5.57 images/sec
932
1.17 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics500
625.6 Kpairs/sec
896
5552.2 FPS
Rigid Body Physics492
3050.5 FPS
841
46.2 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur402
22.1 Mpixels/sec
874
6.73 images/sec
Face Detection531
4.09 images/sec
878
21.6 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection411
10.1 Mpixels/sec
1457
71.5 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1188
58.3 Mpixels/sec
1543
21.0 Mpixels/sec
HDR1100
15.0 Mpixels/sec
1013
813.1 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing605
485.6 Kpixels/sec
619
5.55 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion374
3.35 Kpixels/sec
895
28.6 Words/sec
Speech Recognition692
22.1 Words/sec
598
23.1 images/sec
Machine Learning314
12.1 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

2589Multi-Core Score2970
2107Crypto Score2593
2486Integer Score2961
2891Floating Point Score 3051
2107
3.59 GB/sec
AES-XTS2593
4.42 GB/sec
3202
16.2 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)4063
20.5 MB/sec
3528
166.9 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression3807
180.1 Mpixels/sec
1387
3.91 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1807
5.10 MTE/sec
3098
3.64 MElements/sec
HTML52889
3.39 MElements/sec
2061
645.6 Krows/sec
SQLite3551
1.11 Mrows/sec
2430
131.9 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering3236
175.6 Mpixels/sec
1853
590.3 KB/sec
Text Rendering2032
647.5 KB/sec
3140
24.5 Klines/sec
Clang3363
26.2 Klines/sec
2563
29.7 images/sec
Camera2761
32.0 images/sec
3373
4.22 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics2841
3.55 Mpairs/sec
3544
21959.1 FPS
Rigid Body Physics3352
20768.7 FPS
3486
191.6 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur2765
152.0 Mpixels/sec
3442
26.5 images/sec
Face Detection3583
27.6 images/sec
2906
71.6 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection2710
66.8 Mpixels/sec
3876
190.2 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting5477
268.7 Mpixels/sec
4486
61.1 Mpixels/sec
HDR6092
83.0 Mpixels/sec
4261
3.42 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing3844
3.09 Mpixels/sec
2297
20.6 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion2390
21.4 Kpixels/sec
1697
54.2 Words/sec
Speech Recognition2414
77.2 Words/sec
978
37.8 images/sec
Machine Learning1127
43.5 images/sec