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Intel Core i5-3550 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

Last updated: 2026-07-03

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 63 %

Intel Core i5-3550

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 56 %

Intel Core i5-3550

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

724

4C / 8T · 4.35 GHz

1,396

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

2,237

4C / 8T · 3.40 GHz

4,575

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

783

4C / 8T · 4.35 GHz

1,055

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

2,741

4C / 8T · 3.40 GHz

3,891

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 2500

110

AMD Radeon 610M

383

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3550	AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	AMD Ryzen 5 (100)
CPU group	Intel Core i 3000 (31)	AMD Ryzen 7020U (4)
Architecture	Ivy Bridge S	Mendocino (Zen 2)
Technology	22 nm	6 nm
Segment	Desktop	Notebook
Socket	LGA 1155	FT6
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3550	AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 4	4 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	4x Zen 2
Frequency:	3.30 GHz	2.80 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	3.70 GHz	4.35 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):		3.40 GHz
L2-Cache		2.00 MB
L3-Cache	6.00 MB	4.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3550	AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 2500	AMD Radeon 610M
GPU frequency	0.65 - 1.15 GHz	0.40 - 1.90 GHz
CUs / Shader	6 / 48	2 / 128
Raytracing	✗	✓
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB	8 GB
Technology	22 nm	6 nm
Release date	Q2/2012	Q3/2022

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3550	AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3550	AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
Memory	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	LPDDR5-5500 (44.0 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	16 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16	3.0 x 4
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	3.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3550	AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
TDP	77 W	15 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up		30 W
TDP down		8 W
T. junction max.		96 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3550	AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release date	Q2/2012	Q3/2022
Release price	213 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i5-3550 is 4.0 stars (3 ratings), while AMD Ryzen 5 7520U has received 3.9 stars (177 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i5-3550
4C / 4T · 3.30 - 3.70 GHz

★★★★★

AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
4C / 8T · 2.80 - 4.35 GHz

★★★★★