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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-8500 outperforms the more expensive Phenom X4 9550 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-8500 is 3611 days newer than the more expensive Phenom X4 9550.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Performs up to 5% better in Mass Effect: Andromeda than Phenom X4 9550 - 216 vs 205 FPS
- Up to 27% cheaper than Phenom X4 9550 - $101.64 vs $138.89
- Up to 31% better value when playing Mass Effect: Andromeda than Phenom X4 9550 - $0.52 vs $0.75 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than AMD Phenom X4 9550 - 65 vs 95 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Phenom X4 9550 - 6 vs 4 threads
Mass Effect: Andromeda
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Phenom X4 9550
Desktop • Mar 27th, 2008
FPS
205
94.9074074074074%
Value, €/FPS
€0.75/FPS
69.33333333333334%
Price, €
€154.17
73%
AMD Phenom X4 9550 2.2GHz 4x512KB Socket AM2+ Quad-Core CPU - CPU ONLY
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Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
216
100%
Value, €/FPS
€0.52/FPS
100%
Price, €
€112.82
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Phenom X4 9550
Desktop • Mar 27th, 2008
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Phenom X4 9550
Desktop • Mar 27th, 2008
Single-Core
234
16.870944484498917%
Multi-Core
712
14.698596201486374%
AMD Phenom X4 9550 | vs | Intel Core i5-8500 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 27th, 2008 | Release Date | Feb 14th, 2018 |
| Phenom X4 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Agena | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| AMD Socket AM2+ | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
| 4 | Threads | 6 |
| 2.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 65 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 11.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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