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Phenom X4 9650 vs Ryzen 5 5500

Phenom X4 9650 vs Ryzen 5 5500: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 5 5500 outperforms Phenom X4 9650 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 5 5500 is 5121 days newer than Phenom X4 9650.

Advantages of Phenom X4 9650

  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 5 5500 doesn't have integrated graphics

Advantages of Ryzen 5 5500

  • Performs up to 49% better in Rust than Phenom X4 9650 - 216 vs 145 FPS
  • Consumes up to 32% less energy than AMD Phenom X4 9650 - 65 vs 95 Watts
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Phenom X4 9650 - 12 vs 4 threads
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Rust

Rust

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

AMD Phenom X4 9650 Logo
Phenom X4 9650

Desktop • Mar 27th, 2008


FPS

145

67%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Logo
Ryzen 5 5500

Desktop • Apr 4th, 2022


FPS

216

100%

Value, €/FPS

€0.39/FPS

100%

Price, €

€84.7

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 6C/12T 3.60-4.20GHz AM4 tray - 100-000000457

Buy for 84.7 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 239 minutes ago

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With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

AMD Phenom X4 9650 Logo
Phenom X4 9650

Desktop • Mar 27th, 2008

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Logo
Ryzen 5 5500

Desktop • Apr 4th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

AMD Phenom X4 9650 Logo
Phenom X4 9650

Desktop • Mar 27th, 2008


Single-Core

238

13%

Multi-Core

765

10%

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Logo
Ryzen 5 5500

Desktop • Apr 4th, 2022


Single-Core

1871

100%

Multi-Core

7692

100%

AMD Phenom X4 9650 Logo

Phenom X4 9650

vs
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Logo

Ryzen 5 5500

Mar 27th, 2008Release Date
Apr 4th, 2022
Phenom X4CollectionRyzen 5
AgenaCodenameVermeer
AMD Socket AM2+SocketAMD Socket AM4
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
4Cores
6
4Threads
12
2.3 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.6 GHz
Non-TurboTurbo Clock Speed4.2 GHz
95 WTDP
65 W
65 nmProcess Size
7 nm
11.5xMultiplier
36.0x
On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)
Integrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockable
Yes

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