Intel Core i5-3550S vs AMD Athlon II X3 450

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1279 points
4% slightly better overall score
1219 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2353 points
2398 points
1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

976 points
7% slightly better multitasking score
908 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

937 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score
872 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
33% slightly more cores
3

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
33% slightly more threads
3

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
3.2 GHz
6% slightly higher clock speed

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

883rd of 1,098
903rd of 1,098

Family

The product line

Core
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 May
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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