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In short, we have a clear winner — FX-8300 outperforms the more expensive Phenom X4 9550 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing FX-8300 is 1671 days newer than the more expensive Phenom X4 9550.
Advantages of AMD Phenom X4 9550
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD FX-8300 doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of AMD FX-8300
- Performs up to 1% better in The Last of Us Part I than Phenom X4 9550 - 127 vs 126 FPS
- Up to 44% cheaper than Phenom X4 9550 - $106.06 vs $189.95
- Up to 44% better value when playing The Last of Us Part I than Phenom X4 9550 - $0.84 vs $1.51 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Phenom X4 9550 - 8 vs 4 threads
The Last of Us Part I
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Phenom X4 9550
Desktop • Mar 27th, 2008
FPS
126
99.21259842519686%
Value, $/FPS
$1.51/FPS
55.62913907284768%
Price, $
$189.95
55%
AMD Phenom X4 9550 2.2GHz 4x512KB Socket AM2+ Quad-Core CPU - CPU ONLY
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FX-8300
Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
FPS
127
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.84/FPS
100%
Price, $
$106.06
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition FX-8300 3.3 GHz with 4.2 GHz Turbo Octa core Processor (FD8300WMHKBOX)
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Updated 80 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Phenom X4 9550
Desktop • Mar 27th, 2008
FX-8300
Desktop • Oct 23rd, 2012
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Phenom X4 9550
Desktop • Mar 27th, 2008
Single-Core
234
51.42857142857142%
Multi-Core
712
41.13229347198151%
AMD Phenom X4 9550 | vs | AMD FX-8300 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 27th, 2008 | Release Date | Oct 23rd, 2012 |
| Phenom X4 | Collection | FX |
| Agena | Codename | Vishera |
| AMD Socket AM2+ | Socket | AMD Socket AM3+ |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 8 |
| 4 | Threads | 8 |
| 2.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 95 W |
| 65 nm | Process Size | 32 nm |
| 11.0x | Multiplier | 16.5x |
On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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