iconcharts
0

CPU Benchmarks

Over 1,000,000 CPUs Benchmarked

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?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]

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: 63.85

Overall Rank:
2606th fastest in multithreading out of 4910 CPUs
2421st fastest in single threading out of 4910 CPUs
774th fastest in out of 1400 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
2739
Single Thread Rating
1417

Samples: 378*
*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 Math8,350 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math5,905 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers16 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting7,666 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption704.3 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression60,436 KBytes/Sec
Physics223 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions1,425 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,417 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of December 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom II X4 970

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 17th of December 2024
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of December 2024.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Search for AMD Phenom II X4 970
from the Featured Merchants below:
Amazon.com
Newegg.com
bestbuy.com
EBay.com
Note: PassMark Software may earn compensation for sales from links on this site through affiliate programs.

Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
58,920
Intel Core i9-12900K
41,434
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
39,100
Intel Core i7-12700K
34,599
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
22,098
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
21,888
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
18,251
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
17,742
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
15,582
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
14,153
AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,739
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
260.95
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
190.75
Intel Core i9-12900K
154.03
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
147.55
Intel Core i9-13900K
111.70
Intel Core i7-12700K
84.59
AMD Phenom II X4 970
63.85
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
49.46
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 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
4,616
Intel Core i9-12900K
4,157
Intel Core i7-12700K
4,027
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
3,686
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
3,361
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
2,927
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
2,566
AMD Phenom II X4 970
1,417
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Phenom II X4 970
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2130692 - Jun 24 2024
3040
BL2015419 - Feb 04 2024
2405
BL2011849 - Jan 31 2024
2963
BL1990664 - Jan 07 2024
2951
BL1980592 - Dec 27 2023
2999
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom II X4 970
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,739
Intel Core i5-650 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,253 (-17.7%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9500 @ 2.83GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,224 (-18.8%)
AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,520 (-8.0%)
AMD Phenom II X4 945 vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,401 (-12.3%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,338 (-14.6%)
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,267 (-17.2%)
AMD A10-7850K APU vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
3,401 (+24.2%)
AMD Phenom II X6 1045T vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
3,210 (+17.2%)
AMD Phenom II X4 960T vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,370 (-13.4%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9505 @ 2.83GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,171 (-20.7%)
AMD Phenom II X4 820 vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,081 (-24.0%)
Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
1,858 (-32.1%)

Is the AMD Phenom II X4 970 Good for Gaming?
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
12,248
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
10,940
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
10,882
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
10,563
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
10,323
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
9,869
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
9,586
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
9,424
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
9,305
Intel Core i9-14900KS
9,192
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF
9,159
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D
8,916
AMD Phenom II X4 970
382