Intel Core i5-3550S vs Intel Core i7-2860QM

What is the difference between Intel Core i5-3550S and Intel Core i7-2860QM. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

688Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score640
2322Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score2217
4494PassMark CPU Mark Rating4552
1963PassMark Single Thread Rating1564
26443DMark Time Spy Physics Score2533

Processor Specs

Intel Core i5-3550SProcessorIntel Core i7-2860QM
3000 MHzFrequency2500 MHz
3700 MHzMaximum Frequency3600 MHz
4Cores4
4Threads8
65 WTDP45 W
Intel HD Graphics 2500GPUIntel HD Graphics 3000
Ivy BridgeCodenameSandy Bridge
FCLGA1155PackageFCBGA1224, FCPGA988

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

702Single-Core Score639
2556Multi-Core Score1542
Geekbench 5.0.0 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit)Operating SystemmacOS 10.13.6 (Build 17G14042)
MSI MS-7788ModelMacBook Pro (15-inch Late 2011)
Model IDMacBookPro8,2
MSI H61M-P31 (G3) (MS-7788)MotherboardApple Inc. Mac-94245A3940C91C80 MacBookPro8,2
ZrwnowaonyPower Plan

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i5-3550SNameIntel Core i7-2860QM
1 Processor, 4 CoresTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
3.00 GHzBase Frequency2.50 GHz
3.70 GHzMaximum Frequency
Socket 1155 LGAPackage
Ivy BridgeCodename
32.0 KB x 2L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 4
32.0 KB x 2L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 4
256 KB x 2L2 Cache256 KB x 4
6.00 MB x 1L3 Cache8.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

16.00 GBSize6.00 GB
666 MHzFrequency
Transfer Rate1333 MT/s
DDR3 SDRAMTypeDDR3
2Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

702Single-Core Score639
735Crypto Score790
675Integer Score604
755Floating Point Score 691
735
1.25 GB/sec
AES-XTS790
1.35 GB/sec
667
3.37 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)837
4.23 MB/sec
797
37.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression651
30.8 Mpixels/sec
671
1.89 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)698
1.97 MTE/sec
625
734.2 KElements/sec
HTML5478
561.0 KElements/sec
625
195.9 Krows/sec
SQLite493
154.6 Krows/sec
697
37.8 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering580
31.5 Mpixels/sec
673
214.3 KB/sec
Text Rendering559
178.1 KB/sec
651
5.07 Klines/sec
Clang599
4.67 Klines/sec
681
7.89 images/sec
Camera617
7.15 images/sec
567
709.2 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics740
925.3 Kpairs/sec
746
4619.9 FPS
Rigid Body Physics704
4362.0 FPS
657
36.1 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur578
31.8 Mpixels/sec
729
5.61 images/sec
Face Detection612
4.71 images/sec
748
18.4 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection642
15.8 Mpixels/sec
1233
60.5 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1310
64.3 Mpixels/sec
1361
18.5 Mpixels/sec
HDR1142
15.6 Mpixels/sec
857
687.9 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing706
567.1 Kpixels/sec
572
5.13 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion468
4.19 Kpixels/sec
675
21.6 Words/sec
Speech Recognition738
23.6 Words/sec
540
20.9 images/sec
Machine Learning398
15.4 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

2556Multi-Core Score1542
3005Crypto Score2445
2445Integer Score1440
2723Floating Point Score 1612
3005
5.12 GB/sec
AES-XTS2445
4.17 GB/sec
2792
14.1 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)2503
12.7 MB/sec
3114
147.3 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression1669
78.9 Mpixels/sec
1670
4.71 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1623
4.58 MTE/sec
2367
2.78 MElements/sec
HTML51107
1.30 MElements/sec
2453
768.6 Krows/sec
SQLite1357
425.3 Krows/sec
2541
137.9 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering1242
67.4 Mpixels/sec
2217
706.2 KB/sec
Text Rendering1273
405.6 KB/sec
2576
20.1 Klines/sec
Clang1362
10.6 Klines/sec
2554
29.6 images/sec
Camera1214
14.1 images/sec
2636
3.30 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics1688
2.11 Mpairs/sec
2930
18149.5 FPS
Rigid Body Physics2183
13522.4 FPS
2813
154.6 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur1241
68.2 Mpixels/sec
2789
21.5 images/sec
Face Detection1731
13.3 images/sec
2731
67.3 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection1698
41.9 Mpixels/sec
4032
197.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting2657
130.3 Mpixels/sec
4972
67.8 Mpixels/sec
HDR2637
35.9 Mpixels/sec
3485
2.80 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing2011
1.62 Mpixels/sec
2083
18.7 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion998
8.94 Kpixels/sec
1888
60.3 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1460
46.7 Words/sec
1342
51.9 images/sec
Machine Learning693
26.8 images/sec