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: 31.11

Overall Rank:
3498th fastest in multithreading out of 4770 CPUs
2718th fastest in single threading out of 4770 CPUs
1077th fastest in out of 1369 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $38.04 USD (2024-07-08)

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 26th of July 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom II X2 B55

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From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 20th of July 2024.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 27th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,235
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,481
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,150
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,619
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,050
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,894
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,284
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,754
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,535
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,172
AMD Phenom II X2 B55		1,183

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 27th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		221.95
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		168.43
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		146.82
Intel Core i9-12900K		138.27
Intel Core i9-13900K		134.63
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.64
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		55.41
AMD Phenom II X2 B55		31.11
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 27th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,629
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,166
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,032
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,919
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,837
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,695
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,360
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,930
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 27th of July 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		1,134 (-4.2%)
AMD Athlon II X2 245 vs AMD Phenom II X2 B55		1,108 (-6.4%)
Intel Pentium E6300 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 B55		1,032 (-12.7%)
AMD Athlon II X2 240e vs AMD Phenom II X2 B55		1,002 (-15.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6700 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 B55		990 (-16.3%)
AMD Athlon II X2 215 vs AMD Phenom II X2 B55		973 (-17.8%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs AMD Phenom II X2 B55		934 (-21.0%)
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 B55		929 (-21.5%)
Intel Pentium G6950 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 B55		1,238 (+4.6%)
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		1,158 (-2.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7200 @ 2.53GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 B55		996 (-15.8%)

Is the AMD Phenom II X2 B55 Good for Gaming?
As of 27th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,316
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,272
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,028
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,528
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,385
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,104
Intel Core i9-14900KF		8,009
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,877
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,787
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,746
Intel Core i7-14700K		7,542
Intel Core i7-14700KF		7,533
AMD Phenom II X2 B55		605

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