Intel Core i3-4150T vs Intel Core i5-3550S

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 219.95
$ 149.95
$ 70.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1230 points
1279 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2350 points
2353 points
0.13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

927 points
976 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

890 points
937 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1487 points
2383 points
60% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

667 points
708 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1767 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1747 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

890 points
43% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
619 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
Identical
3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
85% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

893rd of 1,089
876th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i3
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May
2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Core i3-4150T vs Core i5-3550S comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-3550S beats the Core i3-4150T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-4150T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-3550S has significantly more cores than the Core i3-4150T. Indeed, the Core i5-3550S has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-4150T. But they both have the same number of threads. According to our data, the Core i3-4150T and Core i5-3550S have the same clock speed. A Core i3-4150T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-3550S CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-4150T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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