AMD Phenom II X4 905e

Benchmarks for the AMD Phenom II X4 905e 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 905e

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 2.5 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 4

Typical TDP: 65 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 905e Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 37.30

Overall Rank:
3200th fastest in multithreading out of 5104 CPUs
3343rd fastest in single threading out of 5104 CPUs
950th fastest in out of 1444 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $53.99 USD (2018-10-20)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2014

Single Thread Rating

1034

Samples: 58*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,891
Thread: 855

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Phenom II X4 905e

Integer Math	5,852 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	4,475 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	14 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	5,703 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	523.7 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	43,749 KBytes/Sec
Physics	207 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,024 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,034 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 29th of April 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom II X4 905e

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 29th of April 2025.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 29th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,722
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,322
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,040
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,484
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,131
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,866
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,181
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,711
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,652
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,144
AMD Phenom II X4 905e		2,014

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 29th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i9-13900K		147.55
Intel Core i9-12900K		131.75
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.31
AMD Phenom II X4 905e		37.30
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 3600		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 29th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,612
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,141
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,018
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,680
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,922
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,563
AMD Phenom II X4 905e		1,034

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Phenom II X4 905e
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2484249 - Mar 15 2025		2302
BL2484136 - Mar 15 2025		2236
BL5089393 - Mar 15 2025		2326
BL5089391 - Mar 15 2025		2178
BL2451881 - Mar 02 2025		2257

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom II X4 905e
As of 29th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom II X4 905e		2,014
AMD Phenom II X4 945 vs AMD Phenom II X4 905e		2,411 (+19.7%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9650 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 905e		2,484 (+23.4%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 905e		2,349 (+16.7%)
AMD Athlon II X4 640 vs AMD Phenom II X4 905e		2,262 (+12.3%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9505 @ 2.83GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 905e		2,171 (+7.8%)
AMD Athlon II X4 630 vs AMD Phenom II X4 905e		2,168 (+7.7%)
AMD Phenom II X4 820 vs AMD Phenom II X4 905e		2,081 (+3.3%)
AMD Athlon II X4 620 vs AMD Phenom II X4 905e		2,020 (+0.3%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 905e		1,835 (-8.9%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q8200 @ 2.33GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 905e		1,782 (-11.5%)
AMD Phenom II X3 720 vs AMD Phenom II X4 905e		1,600 (-20.5%)
AMD Athlon II X3 425 vs AMD Phenom II X4 905e		1,587 (-21.2%)

Is the AMD Phenom II X4 905e Good for Gaming?
As of 29th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,361
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,167
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,303
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,844
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,609
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,513
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,290
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,813
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,688
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,534
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,425
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,295
AMD Phenom II X4 905e		316

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