Intel Core i5-3550S vs Intel Core i7-2820QM

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 1155 Intel Socket G2 (988B)
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 22 nm 32 nm
Transistors 1,400 million 1,160 million
Die size 160 mm² 216 mm²
Package FC-LGA12C rPGA
tCaseMax 69°C

Performance

Frequency 3 GHz 2.3 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.7 GHz up to 3.4 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 30.0x 23.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
TDP 65 W 45 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Mobile
Production status unknown End-of-life
Release date Apr 29th, 2012 Jan 3rd, 2011
Codename Ivy Bridge Sandy Bridge
Generation Core i5 Core i7
Part SR0P3 SR012
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel unknown Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Cores

Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 4 8
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics Intel HD 2500 Intel HD 3000

Cache

Cache L1 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 256K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 6MB (shared) 8MB (shared)

Notes

Notes Intel HD 2500 frequency: 650-1150MHz

Features & Technologies

AES-NI Yes Yes
AVX Yes Yes
EIST Yes Yes
HTT Yes
Intel 64 Yes Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.2 Yes Yes
SSSE3 Yes Yes
TXT Yes Yes
VT-d Yes Yes
VT-x Yes Yes
XD bit Yes Yes

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