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AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core

Benchmarks for the AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. 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 9550 Quad-Core Good for Gaming?

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

AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM2+

Clockspeed: 2.2 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 4

Typical TDP: 95 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) 9550 Quad-Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2008

CPUmark/$Price: 72.39

Overall Rank:
3439th fastest in multithreading out of 5121 CPUs
3699th fastest in single threading out of 5121 CPUs
1029th fastest in out of 1446 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $23.10 USD (2023-04-26)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
1672
Single Thread Rating
865

Samples: 489*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,477
Thread: 780

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core

Integer Math5,172 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math3,775 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers8 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting4,632 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption437.7 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression36,832 KBytes/Sec
Physics136 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions868 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread865 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of May 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 13th of May 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of May 2025.
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 18th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
58,695
Intel Core i9-12900K
41,314
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
39,033
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
22,137
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
21,863
Intel Core i5-12400F
19,475
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
18,175
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
17,709
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
15,658
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
14,147
AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core
1,672
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 18th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
184.13
Intel Core i5-12400F
178.69
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
161.95
Intel Core i9-13900K
148.60
Intel Core i9-12900K
136.22
AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core
72.39
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
51.93
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
NA
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 18th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
4,611
Intel Core i9-12900K
4,140
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
3,681
Intel Core i5-12400F
3,478
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
2,921
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
2,563
AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core
865
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2574312 - Apr 22 2025
1860
BL2518494 - Mar 30 2025
1904
BL1951201 - Nov 21 2023
2064
BL1951197 - Nov 21 2023
1850
BL1948057 - Nov 16 2023
1847
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core
As of 18th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core
1,672
Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core
2,151 (+28.7%)
AMD Phenom II X4 830 vs AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core
2,072 (+23.9%)
AMD Athlon II X4 600e vs AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core
1,795 (+7.3%)
AMD Phenom II X4 925 vs AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core
2,277 (+36.2%)
AMD Phenom II X4 920 vs AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core
2,181 (+30.5%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q8400 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core
2,070 (+23.8%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9300 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core
1,996 (+19.4%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q8300 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core
1,906 (+14.0%)
AMD A6-3620 APU vs AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core
1,869 (+11.8%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core
1,835 (+9.8%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q8200 @ 2.33GHz vs AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core
1,784 (+6.7%)
AMD A6-3600 APU vs AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core
1,697 (+1.5%)

Is the AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core Good for Gaming?
As of 18th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
12,497
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
12,157
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
11,325
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
10,848
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
10,597
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
10,513
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
10,285
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
9,812
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
9,679
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
9,523
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
9,489
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
9,416
AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core
130