AMD Phenom II X4 970

Benchmarks for the AMD Phenom II X4 970 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 X4 970

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 3.5 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 4

Typical TDP: 125 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 512 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB

Other names: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 970 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2010

CPUmark/$Price: 63.85

Overall Rank:
2597th fastest in multithreading out of 4901 CPUs
2416th fastest in single threading out of 4901 CPUs
773rd fastest in out of 1399 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $42.89 USD (2023-06-02)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2739

Single Thread Rating

1417

Samples: 378*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 3,988
Thread: 1,202

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Phenom II X4 970

Integer Math	8,350 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,905 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	16 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	7,666 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	704.3 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	60,436 KBytes/Sec
Physics	223 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,425 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,417 MOps/Sec

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

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom II X4 970

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 26th of November 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 26th of November 2024.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History

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 X4 970		2,739

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
AMD Phenom II X4 970		63.85
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.45
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 X4 970		1,417

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Phenom II X4 970
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2130692 - Jun 24 2024		3040
BL2015419 - Feb 04 2024		2405
BL2011849 - Jan 31 2024		2963
BL1990664 - Jan 07 2024		2951
BL1980592 - Dec 27 2023		2999

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom II X4 970
As of 1st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom II X4 970		2,739
Intel Core i5-650 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970		2,250 (-17.8%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9500 @ 2.83GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970		2,224 (-18.8%)
AMD Phenom II X4 945 vs AMD Phenom II X4 970		2,389 (-12.8%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970		2,338 (-14.6%)
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970		2,265 (-17.3%)
Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970		3,867 (+41.2%)
Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970		3,316 (+21.1%)
AMD Phenom II X6 1045T vs AMD Phenom II X4 970		3,200 (+16.8%)
AMD Phenom II X4 960T vs AMD Phenom II X4 970		2,362 (-13.7%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9505 @ 2.83GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970		2,171 (-20.7%)
AMD Phenom II X4 820 vs AMD Phenom II X4 970		2,081 (-24.0%)
Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970		1,858 (-32.2%)

Is the AMD Phenom II X4 970 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 X4 970		382

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