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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 5 3500X outperforms the cheaper Phenom X4 9650 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Phenom X4 9650 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Ryzen 5 3500X is 4198 days newer than the cheaper Phenom X4 9650.
Advantages of AMD Phenom X4 9650
- Up to 68% cheaper than Ryzen 5 3500X - $39.99 vs $125.0
- Up to 65% better value when playing God of War than Ryzen 5 3500X - $0.25 vs $0.71 per FPS
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 5 3500X doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
- Performs up to 10% better in God of War than Phenom X4 9650 - 176 vs 160 FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than AMD Phenom X4 9650 - 65 vs 95 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Phenom X4 9650 - 6 vs 4 threads
God of War
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Phenom X4 9650
Desktop • Mar 27th, 2008
FPS
160
90.9090909090909%
Value, $/FPS
$0.25/FPS
100%
Price, $
$39.99
100%
Value Winner
AMD Phenom X4 9650 2.30GHz 533MHz Desktop OEM CPU HD9650WCJ4BGH
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Updated 3660 minutes ago
Ryzen 5 3500X
Desktop • Sep 24th, 2019
FPS
176
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.71/FPS
35.21126760563381%
Price, $
$125
31%
FPS Winner
AMD 100-100000158BOX RYZEN 5 3500X 6-Core 3.6 GHz (4.1 GHz Turbo) Socket AM4 65W Desktop Processor
Buy for $125 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 3669 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Phenom X4 9650
Desktop • Mar 27th, 2008
Ryzen 5 3500X
Desktop • Sep 24th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Phenom X4 9650
Desktop • Mar 27th, 2008
Single-Core
238
15.305466237942122%
Multi-Core
765
13.076923076923078%
AMD Phenom X4 9650 | vs | AMD Ryzen 5 3500X |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 27th, 2008 | Release Date | Sep 24th, 2019 |
| Phenom X4 | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
| Agena | Codename | Matisse |
| AMD Socket AM2+ | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
| 4 | Threads | 6 |
| 2.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 65 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 11.5x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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