AMD Ryzen 5 3550H vs AMD Phenom II X2 N640

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 3550H and AMD Phenom II X2 N640 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3550H

• CPU is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 3 month(s) later
• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
• 6 more threads: 8 vs 2
• Around 28% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 2.9 GHz
• Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 100°C
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 45 nm
• Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 95% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2026 vs 1039
• 8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7767 vs 965

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X2 N640

• 2.2x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1705 vs 770
• Around 1% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 2863 vs 2828

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 3550H
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X2 N640

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	2026 1039
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	7767 965
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	770 1705
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	2828 2863

Compare specifications (specs)