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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i9-13900 outperforms the cheaper Core i5-3550 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i9-13900 is 3902 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-3550.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-3550
- Up to 30% cheaper than Core i9-13900 - $244.95 vs $350.97
Advantages of Intel Core i9-13900
- Performs up to 49% better in Dota 2 than Core i5-3550 - 259 vs 174 FPS
- Up to 4% better value when playing Dota 2 than Core i5-3550 - $1.5 vs $1.56 per FPS
- Consumes up to 16% less energy than Intel Core i5-3550 - 65 vs 77 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-3550 - 32 vs 4 threads
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Intel BX80637I53550 Core i5-3550 3.3GHz Quad-Core Desktop Processor
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Core i9-13900
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2023
FPS
259
100%
Value, €/FPS
€1.5/FPS
100%
Price, €
€389.58
69%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i9-13900 Desktop Processor 24 cores (8 P-cores + 16 E-cores) 36MB Cache, up to 5.6 GHz
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Core i5-3550
Desktop • Apr 29th, 2012
Core i9-13900
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2023
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-3550 | vs | Intel Core i9-13900 |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 29th, 2012 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2023 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Ivy Bridge | Codename | Raptor Lake |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 24 |
| 4 | Threads | 32 |
3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.0 GHz |
| 3.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.6 GHz |
| 77 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
33.0x | Multiplier | 20.0x |
| Intel HD 2500 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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