AMD Phenom II X3 720

Benchmarks for the AMD Phenom II X3 720 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 X3 720

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 2.8 GHz

Cores: 3 Threads: 3

Typical TDP: 95 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 3 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 3 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 3 x 512 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB

Other names: AMD Phenom(tm) II X3 720 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 24.83

Overall Rank:
3793rd fastest in multithreading out of 5479 CPUs
3457th fastest in single threading out of 5479 CPUs
1081st fastest in out of 1484 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $64.45 USD (2021-06-01)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1600

Single Thread Rating

1108

Samples: 395*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,574
Thread: 953

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Phenom II X3 720

Integer Math	4,391 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	3,580 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	10 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	4,370 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	460.2 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	35,377 KBytes/Sec
Physics	178 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	756 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,108 MOps/Sec

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

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom II X3 720

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 4th of December 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of December 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 7th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,547
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,362
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,954
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,147
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,845
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,539
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,110
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,685
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,654
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,144
AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,600

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 7th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		276.33
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		161.27
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		159.58
Intel Core i9-14900K		133.37
Intel Core i5-12400F		112.53
Intel Core i9-13900K		106.11
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		53.74
AMD Phenom II X3 720		24.83
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 7th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,696
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,601
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,890
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,833
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,678
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,487
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,915
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,561
AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,108

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Phenom II X3 720
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2518882 - Mar 30 2025		1817
BL2435566 - Feb 23 2025		1874
BL2326456 - Jan 07 2025		1840
BL2307740 - Dec 29 2024		2019
BL2189511 - Sep 08 2024		1858

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom II X3 720
As of 7th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,600
Intel Core2 Quad Q8300 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,917 (+19.8%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q8200 @ 2.33GHz vs AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,809 (+13.0%)
AMD Athlon II X3 425 vs AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,595 (-0.4%)
AMD Phenom II X3 B75 vs AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,783 (+11.4%)
AMD Phenom 8600 Triple-Core vs AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,267 (-20.8%)
Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,979 (+23.7%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,839 (+14.9%)
AMD Phenom II X3 B73 vs AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,671 (+4.4%)
AMD Athlon II X3 415e vs AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,481 (-7.5%)
AMD A6-3500 APU vs AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,439 (-10.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7400 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,043 (-34.8%)
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,007 (-37.1%)

Is the AMD Phenom II X3 720 Good for Gaming?
As of 7th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,441
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,126
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,254
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,798
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,508
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,454
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,445
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,270
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,777
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,647
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,482
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,416
AMD Phenom II X3 720		348

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