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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-6700 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 i7-6700 is 2652 days newer than the more expensive Phenom X4 9550.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-6700
- Performs up to 16% better in Far Cry 5 than Phenom X4 9550 - 206 vs 178 FPS
- Up to 32% cheaper than Phenom X4 9550 - $129.0 vs $189.95
- Up to 41% better value when playing Far Cry 5 than Phenom X4 9550 - $0.63 vs $1.07 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 - 8 vs 4 threads
Far Cry 5
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 i7-6700
Desktop • Jul 1st, 2015
FPS
206
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.63/FPS
100%
Price, $
$129
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Boxed Core I7-6700 FC-LGA14C 3.40 GHz 8 M Processor Cache 4 LGA 1151 BX80662I76700
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Phenom X4 9550
Desktop • Mar 27th, 2008
Core i7-6700
Desktop • Jul 1st, 2015
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Phenom X4 9550 | vs | Intel Core i7-6700 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 27th, 2008 | Release Date | Jul 1st, 2015 |
| Phenom X4 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Agena | Codename | Skylake |
| AMD Socket AM2+ | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 4 |
| 4 | Threads | 8 |
| 2.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.4 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.0 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 65 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 11.0x | Multiplier | 34.0x |
| On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | Integrated Graphics | HD Graphics 530 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Phenom X4 9550 or Core i7-6700
Far Cry 5, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
83 FPS
$9.52/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-6700
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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77 FPS
$10.26/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Core i7-6700
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