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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-11500 outperforms the cheaper Phenom X4 9550 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-11500 is 4737 days newer than the cheaper Phenom X4 9550.
Advantages of AMD Phenom X4 9550
- Up to 4% cheaper than Core i5-11500 - $189.95 vs $197.59
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11500
- Performs up to 11% better in World of Tanks than Phenom X4 9550 - 554 vs 498 FPS
- Up to 5% better value when playing World of Tanks than Phenom X4 9550 - $0.36 vs $0.38 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
World of Tanks
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
AMD Phenom X4 9550 2.2GHz 4x512KB Socket AM2+ Quad-Core CPU - CPU ONLY
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Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
554
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.36/FPS
100%
Price, $
$197.59
96%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-11500 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.6 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Phenom X4 9550
Desktop • Mar 27th, 2008
Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Phenom X4 9550 | vs | Intel Core i5-11500 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 27th, 2008 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Phenom X4 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Agena | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| AMD Socket AM2+ | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
| 4 | Threads | 12 |
| 2.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.7 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 65 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 11.0x | Multiplier | 27.0x |
| On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 750 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Phenom X4 9550 or Core i5-11500
World of Tanks, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
141 FPS
$8.22/FPS
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$8.15/FPS
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16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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16 GB, 256 GB SSD
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