AMD Phenom II X2 555

Benchmarks for the AMD Phenom II X2 555 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 555

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM2+/AM3

Clockspeed: 3.2 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 555 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2010

CPUmark/$Price: 100.69

Overall Rank:
3989th fastest in multithreading out of 5440 CPUs
2997th fastest in single threading out of 5440 CPUs
1156th fastest in out of 1476 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $13.03 USD (2023-06-02)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1312

Single Thread Rating

1306

Samples: 487*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,022
Thread: 1,060

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Phenom II X2 555

Integer Math	3,734 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,744 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	10 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,536 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	340.7 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	27,519 KBytes/Sec
Physics	148 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	635 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,306 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of November 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom II X2 555

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 5th of November 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 5th of November 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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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 8th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,559
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,424
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,964
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,151
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,847
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,511
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,118
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,687
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,652
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,147
AMD Phenom II X2 555		1,312

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 8th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		255.77
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		183.61
Intel Core i5-12400F		145.33
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		138.16
Intel Core i9-14900K		127.58
Intel Core i9-13900K		103.41
AMD Phenom II X2 555		100.69
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		53.77
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 8th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,697
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,602
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,892
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,834
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,678
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,485
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,468
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,916
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,561
AMD Phenom II X2 555		1,306

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Phenom II X2 555
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2769809 - Jul 17 2025		1357
BL2768089 - Jul 16 2025		1362
BL2768002 - Jul 16 2025		1393
BL2516084 - Mar 29 2025		1464
BL2516064 - Mar 29 2025		1464

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom II X2 555
As of 8th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom II X2 555		1,312
AMD Athlon II X2 260 vs AMD Phenom II X2 555		1,245 (-5.1%)
AMD Athlon II X2 255 vs AMD Phenom II X2 555		1,208 (-8.0%)
Intel Pentium E5700 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 555		1,092 (-16.7%)
Intel Pentium E5500 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 555		1,068 (-18.6%)
Intel Pentium G620 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 555		1,234 (-5.9%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 555		1,027 (-21.8%)
Intel Celeron G540 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 555		1,169 (-10.9%)
AMD Phenom 8600B Triple-Core vs AMD Phenom II X2 555		1,464 (+11.6%)
Intel Celeron G1610T @ 2.30GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 555		1,333 (+1.6%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 555		912 (-30.5%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4500 @ 2.20GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 555		745 (-43.2%)
AMD Athlon II X3 440 vs AMD Phenom II X2 555		1,734 (+32.2%)

Is the AMD Phenom II X2 555 Good for Gaming?
As of 8th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,424
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,136
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,258
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,801
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,504
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,498
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,271
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,779
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,614
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,503
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,478
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,432
AMD Phenom II X2 555		422

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