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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-8600 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 i5-8600 is 3611 days newer than the more expensive Phenom X4 9550.
Advantages of AMD Phenom X4 9550
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-8600 doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8600
- Performs up to 30% better in Dota 2 than Phenom X4 9550 - 206 vs 158 FPS
- Up to 39% cheaper than Phenom X4 9550 - $116.0 vs $189.95
- Up to 53% better value when playing Dota 2 than Phenom X4 9550 - $0.56 vs $1.2 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
Dota 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Best Looking
Phenom X4 9550
Desktop • Mar 27th, 2008
FPS
158
76.69902912621359%
Value, $/FPS
$1.2/FPS
46.66666666666667%
Price, $
$189.95
61%
AMD Phenom X4 9550 2.2GHz 4x512KB Socket AM2+ Quad-Core CPU - CPU ONLY
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Core i5-8600
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
206
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.56/FPS
100%
Price, $
$116
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-8600 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.3GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Best Looking
Phenom X4 9550
Desktop • Mar 27th, 2008
Core i5-8600
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Phenom X4 9550
Desktop • Mar 27th, 2008
Single-Core
234
16.071428571428573%
Multi-Core
712
14.163517008155956%
AMD Phenom X4 9550 | vs | Intel Core i5-8600 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3.1 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 65 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 11.0x | Multiplier | 31.0x |
On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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