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Intel Core i5-3550 vs Intel Core i7-11700F

Last updated: 2026-06-06

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 39 %

Intel Core i5-3550

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-11700F

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 25 %

Intel Core i5-3550

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-11700F

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

724

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

2,196

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

2,237

8C / 16T · 3.80 GHz

9,387

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

4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz

783

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

1,721

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

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

2,741

8C / 16T · 3.80 GHz

9,872

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz

1,402

8C / 16T · 2.50 GHz

5,837

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

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3550	Intel Core i7-11700F
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Core i 3000 (31)	Intel Core i 11000 (22)
Architecture	Ivy Bridge S	Rocket Lake S
Technology	22 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1155	LGA 1200
Predecessor		Intel Core i7-10700F
Successor		Intel Core i7-12700F

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3550	Intel Core i7-11700F
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 4	8 / 16
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	8x
Frequency:	3.30 GHz	2.50 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	3.70 GHz	4.90 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):		3.80 GHz
L2-Cache		4.00 MB
L3-Cache	6.00 MB	16.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3550	Intel Core i7-11700F
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 2500	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.65 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader	6 / 48	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
Technology	22 nm
Release date	Q2/2012

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3550	Intel Core i7-11700F
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3550	Intel Core i7-11700F
Memory	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16	4.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3550	Intel Core i7-11700F
TDP	77 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)		224 W @ 56 s
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3550	Intel Core i7-11700F
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	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
Release date	Q2/2012	Q1/2021
Release price	213 $	298 $
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 Intel Core i7-11700F has received 3.6 stars (18 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

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

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-11700F
8C / 16T · 2.50 - 4.90 GHz

★★★★★