AMD Phenom II X4 970

Benchmarks for the AMD Phenom II X4 970 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 970

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 3.5 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 4

Typical TDP: 125 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 970 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2010

CPUmark/$Price: 64.53

Overall Rank:
3014th fastest in multithreading out of 5440 CPUs
2806th fastest in single threading out of 5440 CPUs
843rd fastest in out of 1476 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $42.89 USD (2023-06-02)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2768

Single Thread Rating

1405

Samples: 389*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 3,988
Thread: 1,202

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Phenom II X4 970

Integer Math	8,265 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,934 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	16 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	7,491 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	725.8 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	60,050 KBytes/Sec
Physics	222 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,460 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,405 MOps/Sec

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

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom II X4 970

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 X4 970		2,768

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 X4 970		64.53
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 X4 970		1,405

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Phenom II X4 970
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2979346 - Oct 15 2025		3028
BL2937106 - Sep 27 2025		3153
BL2929937 - Sep 24 2025		3139
BL2762320 - Jul 14 2025		3149
BL2672065 - Jun 04 2025		3117

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom II X4 970
As of 8th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom II X4 970		2,768
Intel Core i5-760 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970		2,665 (-3.7%)
Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.67GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970		2,545 (-8.0%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9500 @ 2.83GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970		2,241 (-19.0%)
AMD Phenom II X4 945 vs AMD Phenom II X4 970		2,421 (-12.5%)
Intel Core i3-3240 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970		2,351 (-15.1%)
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970		2,277 (-17.7%)
Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970		3,873 (+40.0%)
Intel Core i3-4150 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970		3,408 (+23.1%)
AMD Phenom II X6 1045T vs AMD Phenom II X4 970		3,237 (+17.0%)
AMD A10-6800K APU vs AMD Phenom II X4 970		3,196 (+15.5%)
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs AMD Phenom II X4 970		2,990 (+8.0%)
AMD Phenom II X4 960T vs AMD Phenom II X4 970		2,353 (-15.0%)

Is the AMD Phenom II X4 970 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 X4 970		380

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