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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: 72.05

Overall Rank:
3472nd fastest in multithreading out of 5149 CPUs
3727th fastest in single threading out of 5149 CPUs
1033rd fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
1664
Single Thread Rating
862

Samples: 490*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,477
Thread: 780

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

Integer Math5,148 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math3,744 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers8 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting4,571 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption436.0 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression36,634 KBytes/Sec
Physics136 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions865 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread862 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of June 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 10th of June 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of June 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 16th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
58,662
Intel Core i9-12900K
41,302
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
39,018
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
22,152
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
21,861
Intel Core i5-12400F
19,483
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
18,166
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
17,705
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
15,649
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
14,145
AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core
1,664
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 16th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
227.01
Intel Core i5-12400F
186.44
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
168.81
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
152.50
Intel Core i9-12900K
136.19
Intel Core i9-13900K
128.37
AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core
72.05
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
49.23
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 16th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
4,610
Intel Core i9-12900K
4,139
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
3,900
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
3,837
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
2,921
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
2,563
AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core
862
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2648997 - May 24 2025
1447
BL2574312 - Apr 22 2025
1860
BL2518494 - Mar 30 2025
1904
BL1951201 - Nov 21 2023
2064
BL1951197 - Nov 21 2023
1850
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core
As of 16th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core
1,664
Intel Core i3-530 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core
1,508 (-9.4%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core
2,154 (+29.4%)
AMD Phenom II X4 830 vs AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core
2,072 (+24.5%)
AMD Athlon II X4 600e vs AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core
1,795 (+7.8%)
AMD Phenom II X4 925 vs AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core
2,277 (+36.8%)
AMD Phenom II X4 920 vs AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core
2,181 (+31.1%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q8400 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core
2,071 (+24.4%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9300 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core
1,996 (+19.9%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q8300 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core
1,908 (+14.6%)
AMD Athlon II X3 450 vs AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core
1,872 (+12.5%)
AMD A6-3620 APU vs AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core
1,869 (+12.3%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core
1,835 (+10.3%)

Is the AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core Good for Gaming?
As of 16th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
12,499
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
12,153
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
11,305
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
10,842
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
10,587
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
10,486
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
10,277
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
9,806
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
9,768
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
9,656
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
9,518
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
9,493
AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core
130