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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:
3090th fastest in multithreading out of 4890 CPUs
3175th fastest in single threading out of 4890 CPUs
933rd fastest in out of 1398 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 20th of November 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 15th of November 2024
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of November 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 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
59,006
Intel Core i9-12900K
41,473
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
39,113
Intel Core i7-12700K
34,594
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
21,887
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz
21,865
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
18,259
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
17,747
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
15,568
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
14,157
AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
1,884
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
273.92
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
208.45
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
172.35
Intel Core i9-12900K
155.33
Intel Core i9-13900K
147.52
Intel Core i7-12700K
84.58
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
60.46
AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
9.42
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
NA
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz
NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
4,620
Intel Core i9-12900K
4,161
Intel Core i7-12700K
4,028
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
3,903
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz
3,801
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
3,687
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
3,361
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
2,928
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
2,567
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 21st of November 2024 - 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
2,003 (+6.4%)
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
2,067 (+9.7%)
AMD Athlon II X3 435 vs AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
1,630 (-13.4%)
AMD Phenom II X4 940 vs AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
2,358 (+25.2%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz vs AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
2,338 (+24.1%)
Intel Core i3-3225 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
2,239 (+18.8%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
2,133 (+13.3%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q6700 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
2,095 (+11.2%)
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 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
12,219
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
11,207
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
10,892
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
10,731
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
10,330
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
10,235
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
9,873
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF
9,663
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
9,540
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
9,310
Intel Core i9-14900KS
9,254
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D
8,942
AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core
150