Phenom X4 9500 vs Phenom X4 9600

Place in performance ranking	2314	2330
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	2.66	5.34
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Agena (2007−2008)	Agena (2007−2008)
Release date	November 2007 (16 years old)	November 2007 (16 years old)
Current price	$25	$26

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Phenom X4 9500 has 101% better value for money than Phenom X4 9600.

Technical specs

Phenom X4 9600 and Phenom X4 9500 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	2.3 GHz	2.2 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	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Phenom X4 9600 and Phenom X4 9500 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 9600 and Phenom X4 9500 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Phenom X4 9600 1.03
+2%

Phenom X4 9500 1.01

Phenom X4 9600 outperforms Phenom X4 9500 by 2% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Phenom X4 9600 1577
+1.8%

Phenom X4 9500 1549

Phenom X4 9600 outperforms Phenom X4 9500 by 2% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Phenom X4 9600 209
+4.5%

Phenom X4 9500 200

Phenom X4 9600 outperforms Phenom X4 9500 by 5% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Phenom X4 9600 696
+1.3%

Phenom X4 9500 687

Phenom X4 9600 outperforms Phenom X4 9500 by 1% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.