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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 5 2600 outperforms the more expensive Phenom X4 9550 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 5 2600 is 3675 days newer than the more expensive Phenom X4 9550.
Advantages of AMD Phenom X4 9550
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 5 2600 doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 2600
- Performs up to 139% better in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart than Phenom X4 9550 - 86 vs 36 FPS
- Up to 55% cheaper than Phenom X4 9550 - $85.76 vs $189.95
- Up to 81% better value when playing Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart than Phenom X4 9550 - $1.0 vs $5.28 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 - 12 vs 4 threads
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
AMD Phenom X4 9550 2.2GHz 4x512KB Socket AM2+ Quad-Core CPU - CPU ONLY
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Ryzen 5 2600
Desktop • Apr 19th, 2018
FPS
86
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1/FPS
100%
Price, $
$85.76
100%
FPS and Value Winner
CHUANGWEI AMD Ryzen 5 2600 R5 2600 3.4 GHz Six-Core Twelve-Thread 65W CPU Processor YD2600BBM6IAF Socket AM4
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Phenom X4 9550
Desktop • Mar 27th, 2008
Ryzen 5 2600
Desktop • Apr 19th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Phenom X4 9550 | vs | AMD Ryzen 5 2600 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 27th, 2008 | Release Date | Apr 19th, 2018 |
| Phenom X4 | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
| Agena | Codename | Pinnacle Ridge |
| AMD Socket AM2+ | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
| 4 | Threads | 12 |
| 2.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.4 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.9 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 65 nm | Process Size | 12 nm |
| 11.0x | Multiplier | 34.0x |
On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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