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AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core

Benchmarks for the AMD Phenom 9850 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 9850 Quad-Core Good for Gaming?

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

AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM2+

Clockspeed: 2.5 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) 9850 Quad-Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2008

CPUmark/$Price: 13.17

Overall Rank:
3529th fastest in multithreading out of 5265 CPUs
3662nd fastest in single threading out of 5265 CPUs
1023rd fastest in out of 1451 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $129.99 USD (2020-08-14)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
1712
Single Thread Rating
938

Samples: 485*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,809
Thread: 877

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core

Integer Math5,235 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math4,238 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers7 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting4,848 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption479.3 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression39,455 KBytes/Sec
Physics139 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions844 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread938 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of July 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 8th of July 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 8th of July 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 10th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
58,631
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
39,012
Intel Core i7-12700K
34,437
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
22,145
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
21,860
Intel Core i5-12400F
19,490
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
18,159
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
17,703
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
15,656
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
14,148
AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core
1,712
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 10th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
228.16
Intel Core i5-12400F
175.41
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
151.21
Intel Core i9-13900K
136.77
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
136.62
Intel Core i7-12700K
84.20
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
49.35
AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core
13.17
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 10th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
4,610
Intel Core i7-12700K
4,014
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
3,900
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
3,680
Intel Core i5-12400F
3,477
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
2,920
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
2,563
AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core
938
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2113964 - Jun 01 2024
1596
BL2107460 - May 23 2024
1485
BL1999743 - Jan 18 2024
2000
BL1862636 - Jul 17 2023
2175
BL1765474 - Mar 10 2023
2026
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core
As of 10th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core
1,712
Intel Core2 Quad Q8400 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core
2,072 (+21.0%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q6700 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core
2,098 (+22.5%)
AMD Phenom II X4 910 vs AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core
1,776 (+3.7%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz vs AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core
1,295 (-24.4%)
Intel Core i3-550 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core
1,627 (-5.0%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz vs AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core
2,352 (+37.4%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q8300 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core
1,910 (+11.5%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core
1,836 (+7.2%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8600 @ 3.33GHz vs AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core
1,366 (-20.2%)
AMD Athlon II X3 435 vs AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core
1,633 (-4.6%)
AMD A6-3650 APU vs AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core
2,098 (+22.5%)
Intel Core i3-2125 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core
2,082 (+21.6%)

Is the AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core Good for Gaming?
As of 10th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
12,433
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
12,146
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
11,286
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
10,836
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
10,572
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
10,479
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
10,276
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
9,909
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
9,801
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
9,644
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
9,532
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
9,436
AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core
136