Intel Core i9-8950HK vs Intel Core i5-3550

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2143 points
1% slightly better overall score
2119 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3261 points
3894 points
19% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1816 points
12% slightly better multitasking score
1620 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1755 points
12% slightly better heavy workload score
1555 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.61 points
212% significantly higher Blender score
27.36 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4580 points
136% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1939 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1270 points
97% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
644 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5219 points
171% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1924 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1422 points
120% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
645 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
200% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
3.3 GHz
13% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
29% slightly higher turbo speed
3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
71% significantly lower TDP
77 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

698th of 1,092
704th of 1,092

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i9
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May
2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

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