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AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core

Price and performance details for the AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
  • The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Is the AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]

AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM2+

Clockspeed: 2.6 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 4

Typical TDP: 125 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 512 KB
L3 Cache: 2 MB

Other names: AMD Phenom(tm) 9950 Quad-Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2008

CPUmark/$Price: 9.42

Overall Rank: 2870

Last Price Change: $199.99 USD (2022-10-21)

Average CPU Mark
rating
1884

Single Thread Rating: 1027
Samples: 380*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,895
Thread: 902

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core

Integer Math6,001 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math4,380 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers8 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting5,443 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption487.2 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression43,394 KBytes/Sec
Physics153 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions957 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,027 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 18th of March 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 14th of March 2024
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of March 2024.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 19th of March 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
59,393
Intel Core i9-12900K
41,375
Intel Core i7-12700K
34,663
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
22,584
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
22,009
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
21,914
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
18,336
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
17,772
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
15,389
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
14,186
AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
1,884
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 19th of March 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
212.87
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
153.66
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
140.11
Intel Core i9-12900K
117.21
Intel Core i9-13900K
104.20
Intel Core i7-12700K
84.75
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
32.45
AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
9.42
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 19th of March 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
4,640
Intel Core i9-12900K
4,175
Intel Core i7-12700K
4,038
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
3,932
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
3,840
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
3,705
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
3,360
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
2,933
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
2,661
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
2,568
AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
1,027
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL1736537 - Feb 03 2023
1601
BL1723036 - Jan 17 2023
978
BL1672668 - Nov 17 2022
2178
BL1635255 - Sep 24 2022
1977
BL1600656 - Jul 23 2022
2015
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
As of 19th of March 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
1,884
AMD Phenom II X4 940 vs AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
2,330 (+23.7%)
AMD Phenom II X4 810 vs AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
1,955 (+3.8%)
AMD Phenom 9150e Quad-Core vs AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
1,414 (-24.9%)
AMD Phenom II X4 805 vs AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
1,959 (+4.0%)
AMD Phenom II X3 710 vs AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
1,551 (-17.7%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q8400 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
2,076 (+10.2%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q8300 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
1,885 (+0.1%)
AMD Athlon II X3 435 vs AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
1,644 (-12.7%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz vs AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
2,337 (+24.1%)
Intel Core i3-3225 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
2,231 (+18.5%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
2,110 (+12.0%)
Intel Core i3-2125 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
2,083 (+10.6%)

Is the AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core Good for Gaming?
As of 19th of March 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
9,258
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
9,073
Intel Core i9-13900KS
8,563
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
8,409
Intel Core i9-14900K
8,178
Intel Core i9-14900KF
8,023
Intel Core i9-14900F
8,019
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D
7,871
Intel Core i9-13900K
7,800
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7945WX
7,602
Intel Core i7-14700K
7,543
Intel Core i7-13790F
7,532
AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
349