AMD Athlon X4 950

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon X4 950 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.
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AMD Athlon X4 950

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM4

Clockspeed: 3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.8 GHz

Cores: 4 (in 4 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 65 W

TDP Down: 45 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 96 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 1024 KB

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) X4 950 Quad Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2017

CPUmark/$Price: 122.97

Overall Rank:
2352nd fastest in multithreading out of 5033 CPUs
2124th fastest in single threading out of 5033 CPUs
675th fastest in out of 1420 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $29.26 USD (2023-06-02)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

3598

Single Thread Rating

1637

Samples: 139*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 5,203
Thread: 1,698

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon X4 950

Integer Math	19,329 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,969 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,487 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	1,133 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	61,224 KBytes/Sec
Physics	243 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,115 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,637 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 26th of March 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon X4 950

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 25th of March 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 25th of March 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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shinobee AMD Quad Gaming Computer, Athlon X4 950 4x3.8GHz, 16GB DDR4, Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5, 256GB SSD + 500GB HDD, USB 3, Windows 11 Pro #7479

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 27th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,766
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,335
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,052
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,500
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,125
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,870
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,199
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,718
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,633
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,145
AMD Athlon X4 950		3,598

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 27th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		224.28
Intel Core i9-12900K		137.79
AMD Athlon X4 950		122.97
Intel Core i9-13900K		94.18
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.35
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 27th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,612
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,144
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,019
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,901
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,681
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,923
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,564
AMD Athlon X4 950		1,637

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon X4 950
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2411980 - Feb 13 2025		3809
BL2390121 - Feb 04 2025 [Overclocked]		3866
BL2387549 - Feb 03 2025		3611
BL2335076 - Jan 11 2025		3752
BL2285865 - Dec 18 2024		3312

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon X4 950
As of 27th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon X4 950		3,598
Intel Core i5-2320 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 950		3,685 (+2.4%)
AMD A10-9700 vs AMD Athlon X4 950		3,553 (-1.2%)
Intel Core i5-2300 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 950		3,453 (-4.0%)
Intel Core i3-4150 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 950		3,403 (-5.4%)
AMD Athlon X4 845 vs AMD Athlon X4 950		3,785 (+5.2%)
Intel Core i5-3330S @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 950		3,893 (+8.2%)
AMD Athlon X4 870K vs AMD Athlon X4 950		3,410 (-5.2%)
AMD A10-7800 APU vs AMD Athlon X4 950		3,209 (-10.8%)
AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core vs AMD Athlon X4 950		3,084 (-14.3%)
AMD A8-6500 APU vs AMD Athlon X4 950		2,828 (-21.4%)
Intel Core i3-7100 @ 3.90GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 950		4,322 (+20.1%)
Intel Pentium Gold G5600F @ 3.90GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 950		4,083 (+13.5%)

Is the AMD Athlon X4 950 Good for Gaming?
As of 27th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,189
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,331
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,855
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,597
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,536
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,296
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,825
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,730
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,514
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,445
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,390
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		9,358
AMD Athlon X4 950		332

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