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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $349
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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-12700 outperforms the cheaper Phenom X4 9550 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i7-12700 is 5052 days newer than the cheaper Phenom X4 9550.
Advantages of AMD Phenom X4 9550
- Up to 22% cheaper than Core i7-12700 - $189.95 vs $242.1
Advantages of Intel Core i7-12700
- Performs up to 50% better in Grand Theft Auto V than Phenom X4 9550 - 151 vs 101 FPS
- Up to 15% better value when playing Grand Theft Auto V than Phenom X4 9550 - $1.6 vs $1.88 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 - 16 vs 4 threads
Grand Theft Auto V
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Phenom X4 9550
Desktop • Mar 27th, 2008
FPS
101
66.88741721854305%
Value, $/FPS
$1.88/FPS
85.10638297872342%
Price, $
$189.95
100%
AMD Phenom X4 9550 2.2GHz 4x512KB Socket AM2+ Quad-Core CPU - CPU ONLY
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Core i7-12700
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
FPS
151
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.6/FPS
100%
Price, $
$242.1
78%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i7-12700 Desktop Processor 25MB Cache up to 4.90GHz
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Phenom X4 9550
Desktop • Mar 27th, 2008
Core i7-12700
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Phenom X4 9550
Desktop • Mar 27th, 2008
Single-Core
234
10.204971652856521%
Multi-Core
712
6.604823747680891%
AMD Phenom X4 9550 | vs | Intel Core i7-12700 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 27th, 2008 | Release Date | Jan 25th, 2022 |
| Phenom X4 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Agena | Codename | Alder Lake |
| AMD Socket AM2+ | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 8 |
| 4 | Threads | 16 |
2.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.1 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.9 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 65 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
| 11.0x | Multiplier | 21.0x |
| On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Phenom X4 9550 or Core i7-12700
Grand Theft Auto V, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
79 FPS
$16.96/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i7-12700
40 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$9.26/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i7-12700
16 GB, N/A Storage
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GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i7-12700
40 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$22.93/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i7-12700
16 GB, N/A Storage
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111 FPS
$11.26/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile
Core i7-12700
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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95 FPS
$8.94/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i7-12700
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$849.49
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104 FPS
$12.49/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
Core i7-12700
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$1,299
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79 FPS
$16.09/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i7-12700
40 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$1,270.99
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95 FPS
$16.11/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i7-12700
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,529.99
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95 FPS
$11.15/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i7-12700
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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