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Key Differences
In short — Core i9-7900X 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 i9-7900X is 3378 days newer than the cheaper Phenom X4 9650.
Advantages of AMD Phenom X4 9650
- Up to 94% cheaper than Core i9-7900X - $19.95 vs $325.0
- Up to 91% better value when playing War Thunder than Core i9-7900X - $0.16 vs $1.8 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i9-7900X - 95 vs 140 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i9-7900X doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Intel Core i9-7900X
- Performs up to 50% better in War Thunder than Phenom X4 9650 - 181 vs 121 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Phenom X4 9650 - 20 vs 4 threads
War Thunder
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Movie
Phenom X4 9650
Desktop • Mar 27th, 2008
FPS
121
66.85082872928176%
Value, $/FPS
$0.16/FPS
100%
Price, $
$19.95
100%
Value Winner
AMD Phenom X4 9650 2.30GHz 533MHz Desktop OEM CPU HD9650WCJ4BGH
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Updated 155 minutes ago
Core i9-7900X
Desktop • Jun 26th, 2017
FPS
181
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.8/FPS
8.88888888888889%
Price, $
$325
6%
FPS Winner
Intel Core i9-7900X X-Series Processor 10 Cores up to 4.3 GHz Turbo Unlocked LGA2066 X299 Series 140W
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In Stock
Updated 157 minutes ago
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Movie
Phenom X4 9650
Desktop • Mar 27th, 2008
Core i9-7900X
Desktop • Jun 26th, 2017
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Phenom X4 9650
Desktop • Mar 27th, 2008
Single-Core
238
16.736990154711673%
Multi-Core
765
8.711991800478305%
AMD Phenom X4 9650 | vs | Intel Core i9-7900X |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 27th, 2008 | Release Date | Jun 26th, 2017 |
| Phenom X4 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Agena | Codename | Skylake-E/EP |
| AMD Socket AM2+ | Socket | Intel Socket 2066 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 10 |
| 4 | Threads | 20 |
| 2.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
95 W | TDP | 140 W |
| 65 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 11.5x | Multiplier | 33.0x |
On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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