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AMD Phenom II X2 B59

Benchmarks for the AMD Phenom II X2 B59 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 X2 B59 Good for Gaming?

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


AMD Phenom II X2 B59

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM2+/AM3

Clockspeed: 3.4 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 80 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 512 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB

Other names: AMD Phenom(tm) II X2 B59 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2012

CPUmark/$Price: 29.06

Overall Rank:
3614th fastest in multithreading out of 5090 CPUs
2648th fastest in single threading out of 5090 CPUs
1091st fastest in out of 1434 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $48.02 USD (2021-08-24)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
1396
Single Thread Rating
1368

Samples: 54*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,097
Thread: 1,144

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Phenom II X2 B59

Integer Math4,085 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math2,813 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting3,677 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption384.8 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression29,231 KBytes/Sec
Physics155 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions650 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,368 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 24th of April 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom II X2 B59

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 21st of April 2025


Not Enough Data from Current Version of PerformanceTest to Create Distribution Graph.

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of April 2025.

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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 24th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,722
Intel Core i9-12900K
 41,321
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 39,047
Intel Core i7-12700K
 34,488
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,131
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,868
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,184
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,711
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,648
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,143
AMD Phenom II X2 B59
 1,396
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 24th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i9-13900K
 147.03
Intel Core i9-12900K
 131.18
Intel Core i7-12700K
 84.32
AMD Phenom II X2 B59
 29.06
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 24th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,611
Intel Core i9-12900K
 4,142
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 X2 B59
 1,368
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Phenom II X2 B59
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2217644 - Oct 12 2024
1466
BL2217595 - Oct 12 2024
1148
BL1620994 - Aug 30 2022
1471
BL1585405 - Jun 23 2022
1510
BL1497303 - Jan 15 2022
1500
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom II X2 B59
As of 24th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom II X2 B59
 1,396
Intel Pentium G645 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 B59
 1,438 (+3.1%)
AMD Athlon II X2 270 vs AMD Phenom II X2 B59
 1,316 (-5.7%)
Intel Celeron G550 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 B59
 1,259 (-9.8%)
AMD Athlon II X2 B28 vs AMD Phenom II X2 B59
 1,276 (-8.6%)
Intel Celeron G1620 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 B59
 1,571 (+12.6%)
Intel Celeron G1610 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 B59
 1,532 (+9.8%)
Intel Pentium G840 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 B59
 1,311 (-6.1%)
AMD A6-5400K APU vs AMD Phenom II X2 B59
 1,276 (-8.6%)
Intel Pentium G2020T @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 B59
 1,430 (+2.5%)
AMD A4-6300 APU vs AMD Phenom II X2 B59
 1,422 (+1.9%)
Intel Pentium G2020 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 B59
 1,690 (+21.1%)
Intel Core i3-2120T @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 B59
 1,560 (+11.8%)

Is the AMD Phenom II X2 B59 Good for Gaming?
As of 24th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
 12,410
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,172
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
 11,319
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,846
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,612
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,508
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,293
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,815
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
 9,700
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,524
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
 9,417
Intel Core Ultra 5 235
 9,292
AMD Phenom II X2 B59
 442