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Phenom X4 9550 vs Ryzen 9 5900X

Phenom X4 9550 vs Ryzen 9 5900X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 5900X outperforms Phenom X4 9550 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 5900X is 4606 days newer than Phenom X4 9550.

Advantages of Phenom X4 9550

  • Consumes up to 10% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - 95 vs 105 Watts
  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 9 5900X doesn't have integrated graphics

Advantages of Ryzen 9 5900X

  • Performs up to 26% better in No Man's Sky than Phenom X4 9550 - 193 vs 153 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Phenom X4 9550 - 24 vs 4 threads
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No Man's Sky

No Man's Sky

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Phenom X4 9550 Logo
Phenom X4 9550

Desktop • Mar 27th, 2008


FPS

153

79%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


FPS

193

100%

Value, €/FPS

€1.35/FPS

100%

Price, €

€260.38

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-core, 24-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor

Buy for 260.38 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 75 minutes ago

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With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Phenom X4 9550 Logo
Phenom X4 9550

Desktop • Mar 27th, 2008

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

AMD Phenom X4 9550 Logo
Phenom X4 9550

Desktop • Mar 27th, 2008


Single-Core

234

11%

Multi-Core

712

6%

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


Single-Core

2179

100%

Multi-Core

11883

100%

AMD Phenom X4 9550 Logo

Phenom X4 9550

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo

Ryzen 9 5900X

Mar 27th, 2008Release Date
Nov 5th, 2020
Phenom X4CollectionRyzen 9
AgenaCodenameVermeer
AMD Socket AM2+SocketAMD Socket AM4
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
4Cores
12
4Threads
24
2.2 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.7 GHz
Non-TurboTurbo Clock Speed4.8 GHz
95 W
TDP105 W
65 nmProcess Size
7 nm
11.0xMultiplier
37.0x
On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)
Integrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockable
Yes

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