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Intel BX80557E6550

Core2 Duo E6550

▲ Core2 Duo E6550
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Effective Speed -184%Effective Speed -184%Average Score -909%Memory -24%, 1-Core -578%, 2-Core -606%, 4-Core -1,225%, 8-Core -2,115%Overclocked Score -853%1-Core -549%, 2-Core -544%, 4-Core -1,157%, 8-Core -1,996%, Memory -21%Value & Sentiment User Rating -86%, Market Share -∞%, Price 891%, Value -55%Nice To Haves -965%TDP 40%, Cores -389%, Threads -700%, Lithography -596%, Base Clock -42%, Turbo Clock -106%, 64-Core -3,073%, 64-Core -3,276%, Age -543%

Average Bench: 37.4% (1155^th of 1463)

Based on 11,349 user benchmarks. Devices: BFEBFBFF000006FB, , BFEBFBFF00010676, AFEBFBFF000006FB, 1FEBFBFF000006FB, BFEBFBFF000006F6, BFEBFBFF00010677, BFEBFBFF0001067A Models: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6550 @ 2.33GHz, Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6550 @ 2.66GHz

The Intel Core2 Duo E6550 is nearly six years old, the equivalent of around 3 processor lifetimes. This great grand daddy of a processor has been included in the group test as a reference. Intel's Core2 Duo range were hugely successful processors and shipped in over 20 different flavours. In terms of real world performance, with a Passmark-S score of 712 points, the E6550 is less than half as fast as the top of the range i7-3770K Ivy Bridge processor. In recent years emphasis has shifted towards server orientated workloads and on that front the i7-3770K offers over six times more processing throughput. ^{[Feb '12 CPUPro]}

Poor: 26%Average: 37.4% Great: 43%

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 41%

Speed boat

Workstation 24%

Surfboard

Popular builds with this CPU

Poor average bench

The Intel Core2 Duo E6550 averaged 62.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Memory Latency 66.3Pts

Avg. Single Core Speed 27.5Pts

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Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Core2 Duo E6550 is just 16.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel Core2 Duo E6550 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 53.4Pts

Avg. Octa Core Speed 53.1Pts

Average Bench

(Based on 11,349 samples)

Rank 115537.4%

Min	Avg	Max
46.7	Memory 66.3	75.9
18.4	1-Core 27.5	30.2
26.2	2-Core 51.7	60.2
34.2% 48.5 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
30.4	4-Core 52.7	60.1
33.6	8-Core 53.1	60.3
7.1% 52.9 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
34	64-Core 53.4	60.3
3.3% 53.4 Pts

User Benchmarks

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The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

ZAF-User, 6 months ago.Core2 Duo E6550,

LGA775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)

44% Average

Memory 78.7

1-Core 30.9

2-Core 37.5

38% 49 Pts

4-Core 58.5

8-Core 58.1

8% 58.3 Pts

64-Core 63.1

4% 63.1 Pts

RUS-User, 3 months ago.Core2 Duo E6550,

LGA775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 2.35 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg)

37.9% Below average

Memory 66.5

1-Core 29.5

2-Core 56.5

35% 50.8 Pts

4-Core 56.8

8-Core 56.6

8% 56.7 Pts

64-Core 56.3

4% 56.3 Pts

TWN-User, 5 days ago.Core2 Duo E6550,

CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 2.35 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg)

37.4% Below average

Memory 66.7

1-Core 27.5

2-Core 49.7

34% 48 Pts

4-Core 50.1

8-Core 51.9

7% 51 Pts

64-Core 50.9

3% 50.9 Pts

EGY-User, 5 months ago.Core2 Duo E6550,

CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 2.35 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg)

37.1% Below average

Memory 67.6

1-Core 26.4

2-Core 34.5

32% 42.8 Pts

4-Core 42

8-Core 41.9

6% 42 Pts

64-Core 47.6

3% 47.6 Pts

EGY-User, 11 days ago.Core2 Duo E6550,

CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 2.35 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg)

36.7% Below average

Memory 64.8

1-Core 27.1

2-Core 52.2

34% 48 Pts

4-Core 52.7

8-Core 53

7% 52.8 Pts

64-Core 52.3

3% 52.3 Pts

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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 39%

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Workstation 4%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 755

CPU
Core2 Duo E6550Intel $18Bench 37%, 11,349 samples	59x

GPU
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	54x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	40x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	36x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	14x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	8x
A400 120GBKingston $34Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	7x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	209x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	82x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	65x

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Value: 47% - Average

Total price: $43

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Specifications

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Description	Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6550 (4M Cache, 2.33 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB)
Code Name	Conroe
Launch Date	Q3'07
Processor Number	E6550
# of Cores	2
Cache	4 MB L2
Instruction Set	64-bit
Embedded Options Available	No
Lithography	65 nm
VID Voltage Range	0.8500V-1.5V
Recommended Price	N/A
Clock Speed	2.33 GHz
Bus Speed	1333 MHz FSB
Max TDP	65 W
FSB Parity	No

Data Protection

AES New Instructions	No

Advanced Technologies

Virtualization Tech (VT-x)	Yes
Intel 64	Yes
Idle States	Yes
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Tech	Yes
Thermal Monitoring Technologies	Yes
Turbo Boost Tech	No
Hyper-Threading Tech	No
Demand Based Switching	No

Package

Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets Supported	PLGA775
Processing Die Size	143 mm2
# of Processing Die Transistors	291 million

Platform Protection

Execute Disable Bit	Yes
Trusted Execution Tech	Yes

Comments

CPUPro

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2,100

Passmark CPU benchmark: 1,453...

Added 12 years ago.

USA-User

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9,996

Average (edit your comment) Add link

21 months ago.

TUR-User

level
5,604

Excellent

14 months ago.

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IND-User

level
4,898

Good

7 months ago.

I am currently using it and it has no power also to just run the chrome webpages paired with gt 1030 also I hate it too much

BRA-User

level
4,727

Terrible

17 months ago.

the best processor made in the world

CPUPro

level
2,100

Terrible

12 years ago.

quinula

level
12

Excellent

2 years ago.

Is this the OLDEST cpu here?

InfinityYUL

level
8

Poor

7 years ago.

You will not be playing games on this, or doing much of anything aside from browsing the web. I had this until recently, I recommend that you skip this and move along.

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Intel BX80557E6550

Core2 Duo E6550

Average Bench: 37.4% (1155^th of 1463)

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Intel BX80557E6550

Core2 Duo E6550

Average Bench: 37.4% (1155th of 1463)

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