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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-9400 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 i5-9400 is 3858 days newer than the more expensive Phenom X4 9550.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-9400
- Performs up to 12% better in Elden Ring than Phenom X4 9550 - 121 vs 108 FPS
- Up to 15% cheaper than Phenom X4 9550 - $160.91 vs $189.95
- Up to 24% better value when playing Elden Ring than Phenom X4 9550 - $1.33 vs $1.76 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
Elden Ring
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AMD Phenom X4 9550 2.2GHz 4x512KB Socket AM2+ Quad-Core CPU - CPU ONLY
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Core i5-9400
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
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121
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$1.33/FPS
100%
Price, $
$160.91
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FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i5-9400 Desktop Processor 6 Cores 2. 90 GHz up to 4. 10 GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W Processors BX80684I59400
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Phenom X4 9550
Desktop • Mar 27th, 2008
Core i5-9400
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Phenom X4 9550 | vs | Intel Core i5-9400 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 27th, 2008 | Release Date | Oct 19th, 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 | 2.9 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 65 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 11.0x | Multiplier | 29.0x |
| On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | Integrated Graphics | UHD 630 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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