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In short — Core i9-10900X outperforms Core i5-2550K on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i9-10900X is 2819 days newer than Core i5-2550K.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-2550K
- Consumes up to 42% less energy than Intel Core i9-10900X - 95 vs 165 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i9-10900X
- Performs up to 13% better in Resident Evil 4 than Core i5-2550K - 182 vs 161 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-2550K - 20 vs 4 threads
Resident Evil 4
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Core i9-10900X
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2019
FPS
182
100%
Value, £/FPS
£3.29/FPS
100%
Price, £
£599
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FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i9-10900X Desktop Processor 10 Cores up to 4.7GHz Unlocked LGA2066 X299 Series 165W (BX8069510900X)
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Core i5-2550K
Desktop • Jan 30th, 2012
Core i9-10900X
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-2550K | vs | Intel Core i9-10900X |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 30th, 2012 | Release Date | Oct 19th, 2019 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i9 Extreme |
| Sandy Bridge | Codename | Cascade Lake |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 2066 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 10 |
| 4 | Threads | 20 |
| 3.4 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 3.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.5 GHz |
95 W | TDP | 165 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 34.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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