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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-8500 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 Core i5-8500 is 3611 days newer than the cheaper Phenom X4 9650.
Advantages of AMD Phenom X4 9650
- Up to 71% cheaper than Core i5-8500 - $39.99 vs $139.0
- Up to 69% better value when playing Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 than Core i5-8500 - $0.18 vs $0.59 per FPS
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Performs up to 7% better in Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 than Phenom X4 9650 - 234 vs 219 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
Tom Clancy’s The Division 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Phenom X4 9650
Desktop • Mar 27th, 2008
FPS
219
93.58974358974359%
Value, $/FPS
$0.18/FPS
100%
Price, $
$39.99
100%
Value Winner
AMD Phenom X4 9650 2.30GHz 533MHz Desktop OEM CPU HD9650WCJ4BGH
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Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
234
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.59/FPS
30.508474576271187%
Price, $
$139
28%
FPS Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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Updated 1575 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Phenom X4 9650
Desktop • Mar 27th, 2008
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Phenom X4 9650
Desktop • Mar 27th, 2008
Single-Core
238
17.159336697909154%
Multi-Core
765
15.792733278282412%
AMD Phenom X4 9650 | vs | Intel Core i5-8500 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 27th, 2008 | Release Date | Feb 14th, 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 |
| 2.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 65 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 11.5x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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