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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.

Is the AMD Phenom II X4 970 Good for Gaming?

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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: 64.12

Overall Rank:
2670th fastest in multithreading out of 4989 CPUs
2479th fastest in single threading out of 4989 CPUs
782nd fastest in out of 1409 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
2750
Single Thread Rating
1416

Samples: 381*
*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 Math8,345 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math5,924 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers16 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting7,574 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption712.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression60,325 KBytes/Sec
Physics221 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions1,441 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,416 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of February 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom II X4 970

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 12th of February 2025
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of February 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 17th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
58,844
Intel Core i9-12900K
41,387
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
39,064
Intel Core i7-12700K
34,560
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
22,113
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
21,876
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
18,209
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
17,724
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
15,621
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
14,148
AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,750
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 17th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
219.60
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
200.79
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
147.18
Intel Core i9-12900K
145.73
Intel Core i9-13900K
117.14
Intel Core i7-12700K
84.50
AMD Phenom II X4 970
64.12
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
49.09
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 17th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
4,615
Intel Core i9-12900K
4,150
Intel Core i7-12700K
4,023
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
3,682
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
3,362
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
2,924
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
2,565
AMD Phenom II X4 970
1,416
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Phenom II X4 970
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2405467 - Feb 11 2025
2883
BL2405171 - Feb 10 2025
2787
BL2377320 - Jan 30 2025
2965
BL2130692 - Jun 24 2024
3040
BL2015419 - Feb 04 2024
2405
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom II X4 970
As of 17th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,750
AMD Athlon II X4 640 vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,253 (-18.1%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9500 @ 2.83GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,224 (-19.1%)
AMD Phenom II X4 945 vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,406 (-12.5%)
Intel Core i3-3240 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,338 (-15.0%)
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,268 (-17.5%)
Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
3,869 (+40.7%)
Intel Core i3-4150 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
3,405 (+23.8%)
AMD Phenom II X6 1045T vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
3,220 (+17.1%)
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,984 (+8.5%)
AMD Phenom II X4 B95 vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,427 (-11.7%)
AMD Phenom II X4 960T vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,375 (-13.6%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9505 @ 2.83GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,171 (-21.1%)

Is the AMD Phenom II X4 970 Good for Gaming?
As of 17th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
12,188
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
10,869
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
10,602
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
10,600
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
10,304
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
9,842
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
9,540
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
9,527
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
9,343
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF
9,168
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
9,127
Intel Core i9-14900KS
9,015
AMD Phenom II X4 970
381