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Intel Core i5-3550S vs AMD RX-421BD
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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel Core i5-3550S
13 %
Intel HD Graphics 2500
AMD RX-421BD
100 %
AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Merlin Falcon)
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-3550S | AMD RX-421BD |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i5 (336) | AMD R (6) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 3000 (31) | AMD RX 1st Gen. (6) |
| Architecture | Ivy Bridge S | Merlin Falcon (Excavator) |
| Technology | 22 nm | 28 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Notebook |
| Socket | LGA 1155 | FP4 |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-3550S | AMD RX-421BD |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 4 | 4 / 4 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 4x | 4x |
| Frequency: | 3.00 GHz | 2.10 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 3.70 GHz | 3.40 GHz |
| Turbo (All Cores): | ||
| L2-Cache | 2.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 6.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-3550S | AMD RX-421BD |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel HD Graphics 2500 | AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Merlin Falcon) |
| GPU frequency | 0.65 - 1.15 GHz | 0.80 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 6 / 48 | 8 / 512 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Technology | 22 nm | 28 |
| Release date | Q2/2012 | 2015 |
NPU AI performance
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Intel Core i5-3550S | AMD RX-421BD |
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| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-3550S | AMD RX-421BD |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s) | DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s) DDR3-2133 (34.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 32 GB | |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | Yes |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 16 | 3.0 x 12 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 15.8 GB/s | 11.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-3550S | AMD RX-421BD |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 65 W | 35 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 12 W | |
| T. junction max. | 90 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-3550S | AMD RX-421BD |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Unknown |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 |
| Release date | Q2/2012 | Q4/2015 |
| Release price | 197 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
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