Phenom X4 9850 (95W) vs Phenom X4 9550

Primary details

Comparing Phenom X4 9550 and Phenom X4 9850 (95W) processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2432	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	1.04	no data
Architecture codename	Agena (2007−2008)	Agena (2007−2008)
Release date	March 2008 (16 years ago)	October 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom X4 9550 and Phenom X4 9850 (95W) basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Boost clock speed	2.2 GHz	2.5 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	65 nm	65 nm
Die size	285 mm2	285 mm2
Number of transistors	450 million	450 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Phenom X4 9550 and Phenom X4 9850 (95W) compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Socket	AM2+	AM2+
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	95 Watt

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom X4 9550 and Phenom X4 9850 (95W) are enumerated here.

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Pros & cons summary

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