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Core i5-2550K vs Ryzen 9 3950X

Core i5-2550K vs Ryzen 9 3950X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 3950X outperforms Core i5-2550K on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 3950X is 2856 days newer than Core i5-2550K.

Advantages of Intel Core i5-2550K

  • Consumes up to 10% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 3950X - 95 vs 105 Watts

Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

  • Performs up to 22% better in Far Cry 3 than Core i5-2550K - 153 vs 125 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-2550K - 32 vs 4 threads
This is a free version of Far Cry 3.
Far Cry 3

Far Cry 3

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-2550K Logo
Core i5-2550K

Desktop • Jan 30th, 2012


FPS

125

81.69934640522875%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Logo
Ryzen 9 3950X

Desktop • Nov 25th, 2019


FPS

153

100%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

€579.7

100%

FPS Winner

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X - Processore (16C/32T, 72 MB di cache, 4,7 GHz di boost massimo)

Buy for 579.7 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 77783 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-2550K Logo
Core i5-2550K

Desktop • Jan 30th, 2012

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Logo
Ryzen 9 3950X

Desktop • Nov 25th, 2019

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-2550K Logo
Core i5-2550K

Desktop • Jan 30th, 2012


Single-Core

680

39.906103286384976%

Multi-Core

2040

19.07255048616305%

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Logo
Ryzen 9 3950X

Desktop • Nov 25th, 2019


Single-Core

1704

100%

Multi-Core

10696

100%

Intel Core i5-2550K Logo

Intel Core i5-2550K

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Logo

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

Jan 30th, 2012Release Date
Nov 25th, 2019
Core i5CollectionRyzen 9
Sandy BridgeCodenameMatisse
Intel Socket 1155SocketAMD Socket AM4
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
4Cores
16
4Threads
32
3.4 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.5 GHz
3.8 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.7 GHz
95 W
TDP105 W
32 nmProcess Size
7 nm
34.0xMultiplier
35.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
YesOverclockableYes

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