AMD Phenom II X2 B55

Benchmarks for the AMD Phenom II X2 B55 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.

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AMD Phenom II X2 B55

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 3.0 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 80 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 512 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB

Other names: AMD Phenom(tm) II X2 B55 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 31.18

Overall Rank:
3612th fastest in multithreading out of 4901 CPUs
2809th fastest in single threading out of 4901 CPUs
1108th fastest in out of 1399 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $37.95 USD (2024-10-19)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1183

Single Thread Rating

1201

²
Samples: 66*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,892
Thread: 1,037

²Single thread rating may be higher than the overall rating, thread performance is just one component of the CPU Mark.

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Phenom II X2 B55

Integer Math	3,326 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,460 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	10 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,082 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	296.9 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	24,690 KBytes/Sec
Physics	139 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	600 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,201 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 30th of November 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom II X2 B55

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 25th of November 2024

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From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 25th of November 2024.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 1st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,996
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,470
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,111
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,595
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,084
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,887
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,257
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,747
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,567
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,152
AMD Phenom II X2 B55		1,183

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 1st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		260.98
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		208.45
Intel Core i9-12900K		155.32
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		153.98
Intel Core i9-13900K		132.58
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.58
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.45
AMD Phenom II X2 B55		31.18
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 1st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,620
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,160
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,028
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,901
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,686
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,361
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,928
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,567
AMD Phenom II X2 B55		1,201

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Phenom II X2 B55
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1788896 - Apr 07 2023		1164
BL1783961 - Apr 01 2023		1350
BL1783083 - Mar 31 2023		1099
BL1777720 - Mar 24 2023		1312
BL1361252 - Jan 26 2021		817

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom II X2 B55
As of 1st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom II X2 B55		1,183
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs AMD Phenom II X2 B55		1,163 (-1.7%)
AMD Athlon II X2 245 vs AMD Phenom II X2 B55		1,110 (-6.2%)
Intel Pentium E6300 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 B55		1,032 (-12.7%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6700 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 B55		990 (-16.3%)
AMD Athlon II X2 240e vs AMD Phenom II X2 B55		987 (-16.6%)
AMD Athlon II X2 215 vs AMD Phenom II X2 B55		973 (-17.8%)
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 B55		936 (-20.9%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs AMD Phenom II X2 B55		930 (-21.4%)
AMD Phenom II X2 545 vs AMD Phenom II X2 B55		1,222 (+3.2%)
AMD Phenom II X2 550 vs AMD Phenom II X2 B55		1,167 (-1.4%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7200 @ 2.53GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 B55		993 (-16.1%)
AMD Athlon 7750 Dual-Core vs AMD Phenom II X2 B55		987 (-16.6%)

Is the AMD Phenom II X2 B55 Good for Gaming?
As of 1st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,277
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		11,197
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,892
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,695
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,329
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,873
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,751
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,561
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,556
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,267
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,245
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		8,929
AMD Phenom II X2 B55		393

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