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AvailabilityMSRP $699
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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 9 7950X3D 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 9 7950X3D is 5396 days newer than the cheaper Phenom X4 9650.
Advantages of Phenom X4 9650
- Up to 97% cheaper than Ryzen 9 7950X3D - $19.95 vs $744.99
- Up to 95% better value when playing Rust than Ryzen 9 7950X3D - $0.14 vs $2.79 per FPS
- Consumes up to 21% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D - 95 vs 120 Watts
Advantages of Ryzen 9 7950X3D
- Performs up to 84% better in Rust than Phenom X4 9650 - 267 vs 145 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Phenom X4 9650 - 32 vs 4 threads
Rust
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Phenom X4 9650
Desktop • Mar 27th, 2008
FPS
145
54%
Value, $/FPS
$0.14/FPS
100%
Price, $
$19.95
100%
Value Winner
AMD Phenom X4 9650 2.30GHz 533MHz Desktop OEM CPU HD9650WCJ4BGH
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AMD Ryzen™ 9 7950X3D 16-Core, 32-Thread Desktop Processor
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Trending Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Phenom X4 9650
Desktop • Mar 27th, 2008
Ryzen 9 7950X3D
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2023
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Phenom X4 9650 | vs | Ryzen 9 7950X3D |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 27th, 2008 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2023 |
| Phenom X4 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Agena | Codename | Raphael |
| AMD Socket AM2+ | Socket | AMD Socket AM5 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 16 |
| 4 | Threads | 32 |
| 2.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.7 GHz |
95 W | TDP | 120 W |
| 65 nm | Process Size | 5 nm |
| 11.5x | Multiplier | 42.0x |
| On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Graphics |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
PC Builds Using Phenom X4 9650 or Ryzen 9 7950X3D
With selected game settings
223 FPS
$18.7/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
Ryzen 9 7950X3D
16 GB, 10 TB HDD
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183 FPS
$16.94/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
Ryzen 9 7950X3D
32 GB, N/A Storage
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$3,099.99
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183 FPS
$18.85/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
Ryzen 9 7950X3D
16 GB, N/A Storage
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$3,449.99
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192 FPS
$16.67/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Ryzen 9 7950X3D
64 GB, 6 TB HDD
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$3,199.99
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267 FPS
$26.4/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Ryzen 9 7950X3D
64 GB, N/A Storage
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$7,049.99
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144 FPS
$24.79/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
Ryzen 9 7950X3D
64 GB, 10 TB HDD
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$3,569.99
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144 FPS
$20.83/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
Ryzen 9 7950X3D
16 GB, N/A Storage
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$2,999.99
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267 FPS
$30.97/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Ryzen 9 7950X3D
16 GB, 10 TB HDD
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212 FPS
$14.15/FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XT
Ryzen 9 7950X3D
32 GB, N/A Storage
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