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Intel Core i5-3550 vs Intel Core i3-4340

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 93 %
Intel Core i5-3550
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-4340
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-3550
Rank 2 - 71 %
Intel Core i3-4340
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i5-3550
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
783
Intel Core i3-4340
2C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
841
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i5-3550
4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
2,741
Intel Core i3-4340
2C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
1,883
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i5-3550
Intel HD Graphics 2500
110
Intel Core i3-4340
Intel HD Graphics 4600
368

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At a glance

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Intel Core i5-3550Intel Core i3-4340
FamilyIntel Core i5 (336)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupIntel Core i 3000 (31)Intel Core i 4000 (64)
ArchitectureIvy Bridge SHaswell S
Technology22 nm22 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1155LGA 1150
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i5-3550Intel Core i3-4340
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 42 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 2x
Frequency: 3.30 GHz 3.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.70 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache
L3-Cache6.00 MB4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i5-3550Intel Core i3-4340
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 2500Intel HD Graphics 4600
GPU frequency0.65 - 1.15 GHz0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader6 / 4820 / 160
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory2 GB2 GB
Technology22 nm22 nm
Release dateQ2/2012Q2/2013

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i5-3550Intel Core i3-4340
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i5-3550Intel Core i3-4340
MemoryDDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR3L-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
Max. Memory32 GB32 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoYes
PCIe3.0 x 163.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i5-3550Intel Core i3-4340
TDP77 W54 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Intel Core i5-3550Intel Core i3-4340
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVXSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ2/2012Q3/2013
Release price213 $157 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i5-3550
Intel Core i5-3550
4C / 4T · 3.30 - 3.70 GHz
Intel Core i3-4340
Intel Core i3-4340
2C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

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