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AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core

Benchmarks for the AMD Phenom 9950 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 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:
3686th fastest in multithreading out of 5785 CPUs
3725th fastest in single threading out of 5785 CPUs
1037th fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread 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 13th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 12th of February 2026
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of February 2026.
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 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K
58,451
Intel Core i9-13900K
58,294
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
38,941
Apple M4 10 Core
23,700
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F
19,583
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
18,084
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
17,679
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
15,640
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
14,133
AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
1,884
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
136.53
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
130.24
Intel Core i9-14900K
124.63
Intel Core i5-12400F
122.40
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
117.87
Intel Core i9-13900K
107.95
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
60.60
AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
9.42
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
NA
Apple M4 10 Core
NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K
4,694
Intel Core i9-13900K
4,600
Apple M4 10 Core
4,516
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
3,676
Intel Core i5-12400F
3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
3,365
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
2,914
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
2,560
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 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
1,884
AMD Phenom II X4 810 vs AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
2,036 (+8.1%)
AMD Phenom 9150e Quad-Core vs AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
1,427 (-24.2%)
AMD Phenom II X4 805 vs AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
2,001 (+6.2%)
AMD Phenom II X3 710 vs AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
1,597 (-15.2%)
Intel Core i3-540 @ 3.07GHz vs AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
1,557 (-17.3%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9650 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
2,517 (+33.6%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q6700 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
2,093 (+11.1%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q8400 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
2,082 (+10.5%)
AMD Athlon II X3 435 vs AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
1,645 (-12.6%)
AMD Phenom II X4 940 vs AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
2,363 (+25.5%)
Intel Core i3-3225 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
2,279 (+21.0%)
Intel Core i3-3210 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
2,225 (+18.1%)

Is the AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core Good for Gaming?
As of 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
12,426
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
11,257
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
10,794
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
10,516
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
10,382
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
10,258
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D
10,194
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
9,772
AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
150