Key Differences
In short — Core i7-870 outperforms Phenom X4 9550 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i7-870 is 530 days newer than Phenom X4 9550.
Advantages of AMD Phenom X4 9550
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i7-870 doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Intel Core i7-870
- Performs up to 6% better in Dota 2 than Phenom X4 9550 - 168 vs 158 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Phenom X4 9550 - 8 vs 4 threads
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Phenom X4 9550
Desktop • Mar 27th, 2008
Core i7-870
Desktop • Sep 8th, 2009
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Phenom X4 9550 | vs | Intel Core i7-870 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 27th, 2008 | Release Date | Sep 8th, 2009 |
| Phenom X4 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Agena | Codename | Lynnfield |
| AMD Socket AM2+ | Socket | Intel Socket 1156 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 4 |
| 4 | Threads | 8 |
| 2.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.9 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 95 W |
| 65 nm | Process Size | 45 nm |
| 11.0x | Multiplier | 22.0x |
On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
