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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-4790K 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 i7-4790K is 2226 days newer than the more expensive Phenom X4 9550.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-4790K
- Performs up to 18% better in Dying Light 2: Stay Human than Phenom X4 9550 - 131 vs 111 FPS
- Up to 28% cheaper than Phenom X4 9550 - $136.97 vs $189.95
- Up to 39% better value when playing Dying Light 2: Stay Human than Phenom X4 9550 - $1.05 vs $1.71 per FPS
- Consumes up to 7% less energy than AMD Phenom X4 9550 - 88 vs 95 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Phenom X4 9550 - 8 vs 4 threads
Dying Light 2: Stay Human
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High Quality Raytracing
Phenom X4 9550
Desktop • Mar 27th, 2008
FPS
111
84.7328244274809%
Value, $/FPS
$1.71/FPS
61.40350877192983%
Price, $
$189.95
72%
AMD Phenom X4 9550 2.2GHz 4x512KB Socket AM2+ Quad-Core CPU - CPU ONLY
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Core i7-4790K
Desktop • May 1st, 2014
FPS
131
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.05/FPS
100%
Price, $
$136.97
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Core i7 Quad-core i7-4790K 4GHz Desktop Processor
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High Quality Raytracing
Phenom X4 9550
Desktop • Mar 27th, 2008
Core i7-4790K
Desktop • May 1st, 2014
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Phenom X4 9550
Desktop • Mar 27th, 2008
Single-Core
234
16.870944484498917%
Multi-Core
712
16.2039144287665%
AMD Phenom X4 9550 | vs | Intel Core i7-4790K |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 27th, 2008 | Release Date | May 1st, 2014 |
| Phenom X4 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Agena | Codename | Haswell |
| AMD Socket AM2+ | Socket | Intel Socket 1150 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 4 |
| 4 | Threads | 8 |
| 2.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.0 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 88 W |
| 65 nm | Process Size | 22 nm |
| 11.0x | Multiplier | 40.0x |
| On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD 4600 |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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