3DMark 2006
CPU Score
Phenom 9850 @ 3.0GHz 4028    Phenom 9850 @ 2.5GHz 3463    Phenom 9850 @ 2.3GHz 3202    Phenom 9600 @ 2.3GHz 3052      0 10 00 20 00 30 00 40 00 50 00

U ovom sintetskom testu koji zna baratati sa više jezgri je vidljivo kako je 9850 definitivno donio poboljšanje performansi u odnosu na 9600 model. Overclocking donosi solidan napredak u 3DMark bodovima od preko 500 bodova.

PCMark 2005
Score
Phenom 9850 @ 3.0GHz 9106    Phenom 9850 @ 2.5GHz 8275    Phenom 9850 @ 2.3GHz 7777    Phenom 9600 @ 2.3GHz 6806      0 46 00 92 00
CPU
Phenom 9850 @ 3.0GHz 8769    Phenom 9850 @ 2.5GHz 7325    Phenom 9850 @ 2.3GHz 6750    Phenom 9600 @ 2.3GHz 6683      0 22 00 44 00 66 00 88 00
Memory
Phenom 9850 @ 3.0GHz 5253    Phenom 9850 @ 2.5GHz 4710    Phenom 9850 @ 2.3GHz 4488    Phenom 9600 @ 2.3GHz 3559      0 26 50 53 00
GFX
Phenom 9850 @ 2.5GHz 14528    Phenom 9850 @ 3.0GHz 13825    Phenom 9850 @ 2.3GHz 13114    Phenom 9600 @ 2.3GHz 11686      0 73 00 146 00
HDD
Phenom 9850 @ 3.0GHz 5408    Phenom 9850 @ 2.5GHz 5350    Phenom 9850 @ 2.3GHz 5300    Phenom 9600 @ 2.3GHz 5256      0 22 50 45 00 55 00

U ovom testu je razlika između 9850 i 9600 procesora na istom taktu malena. No ukupnu bitku gubi zbog slabih memorijskih performansi. Overclocking ponovno donosi velike pomake u performansama, kako u snazi CPU-a, tako i u brzini memorije.

Lavalys Everest
Memory Read (MB/s)
Phenom 9850 @ 3.0GHz 8163    Phenom 9850 @ 2.5GHz 8095    Phenom 9850 @ 2.3GHz 7872    Phenom 9600 @ 2.3GHz 5597      0 41 00 82 00
Memory Write (MB/s)
Phenom 9850 @ 3.0GHz 5104    Phenom 9850 @ 2.5GHz 5034    Phenom 9850 @ 2.3GHz 4952    Phenom 9600 @ 2.3GHz 3912      0 26 00 52 00
Memory Copy (MB/s)
Phenom 9850 @ 3.0GHz 8607    Phenom 9850 @ 2.5GHz 8298    Phenom 9850 @ 2.3GHz 8112    Phenom 9600 @ 2.3GHz 5585      0 22 00 44 00 66 00 88 00
Memory Latency (ns)
Phenom 9850 @ 2.5GHz 54,7    Phenom 9850 @ 3.0GHz 54,8    Phenom 9850 @ 2.3GHz 56,6    Phenom 9600 @ 2.3GHz 99,5      0 2 0 4 0 6 0 8 0 10 0
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