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Phenom 9850

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4 Cores, 4 Threads.
Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 45.9% (935th of 1468)

Based on 2,080 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00100F23 Model: AMD Phenom(tm) 9850 Quad-Core Processor
Poor: 36%Average: 45.9% Great: 53%
Gaming
Gaming 46%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 47%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 32%
Sail boat

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Below average average bench

The AMD Phenom 9850 averaged 54.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Memory Latency 69.1Pts
Avg. Quad Core Speed 134Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Phenom 9850 is just 17%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Phenom 9850 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 137Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 136Pts

Average Bench

(Based on 2,080 samples)
Rank 93545.9%
Min Avg Max
52 Memory 69.1 81.4
27.1 1-Core 35.5 39
46.6 2-Core 70.6 78.7
39.1% 58.4 Pts
Min Avg Max
74.7 4-Core 134 153
78.6 8-Core 136 153
18% 135 Pts
Min Avg Max
83.9 64-Core 137 155
8.5% 137 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)
52.9% Above average
Memory 80.2
1-Core 38.2
2-Core 79.7
44% 66 Pts
4-Core 152
8-Core 152
20% 152 Pts
64-Core 150
9% 150 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)
52.3% Above average
Memory 78.9
1-Core 39
2-Core 79
44% 65.6 Pts
4-Core 152
8-Core 153
20% 153 Pts
64-Core 148
9% 148 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)
48.6% Average
Memory 73.4
1-Core 36.9
2-Core 73.5
41% 61.3 Pts
4-Core 141
8-Core 138
19% 139 Pts
64-Core 141
9% 141 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)
47.7% Average
Memory 76.4
1-Core 34.3
2-Core 70.7
41% 60.5 Pts
4-Core 109
8-Core 134
16% 122 Pts
64-Core 132
8% 132 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)
45.3% Average
Memory 66.5
1-Core 38.2
2-Core 74.3
39% 59.7 Pts
4-Core 142
8-Core 141
19% 142 Pts
64-Core 141
9% 141 Pts
Socket AM2 , 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)
43.4% Average
Memory 63.3
1-Core 36
2-Core 73
38% 57.4 Pts
4-Core 140
8-Core 131
18% 136 Pts
64-Core 139
9% 139 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)
40.6% Average
Memory 58.8
1-Core 35.5
2-Core 72.7
36% 55.7 Pts
4-Core 144
8-Core 70.1
16% 107 Pts
64-Core 69.7
4% 69.7 Pts
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)
38.7% Below average
Memory 60.4
1-Core 35.3
2-Core 37.8
32% 44.5 Pts
4-Core 99.6
8-Core 109
14% 104 Pts
64-Core 105
6% 105 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 69,001,388 CPUs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 42%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M3A78-EM - $18

CPU
Phenom 9850AMDBench 46%, 2,080 samples1x
GPU
Radeon HD 3200ATIBench 1%, 5,730 samples9x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples3x
HD 4870ATIBench 9%, 22,563 samples3x
SSD
A400 480GBKingston  $35Bench 74%, 237,487 samples5x
Premier SP550 240GBAdata  $74Bench 79%, 29,295 samples2x
128GB 128GBSSDBench 65%, 7,332 samples2x
RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples29x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples5x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples5x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 34% - Below average Total price: $53

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Terrible

3 years ago.

No it is really bad at overclock, since even 3ghz is not easy to achieve. Its mem oc is good since it has integrated mem controller, but core oc is really hard. It can't even keep up with 1th gen core i5, and moreover, q6600 is better when both overclocked. Your comment is valid for phenom ii, which is quite good processor, but not for the early phenom

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Excellent

6 years ago.

A Very good processor of its time - it can even keep up with Lower End Skylake CPUs, especially when overclocked - which it is great at handling.

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