AMD Phenom II X4 965

Benchmarks for the AMD Phenom II X4 965 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 965

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 3.4 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 965 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 41.52

Overall Rank:
2747th fastest in multithreading out of 5034 CPUs
2607th fastest in single threading out of 5034 CPUs
801st fastest in out of 1420 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $64.02 USD (2024-12-27)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2658

Single Thread Rating

1365

Samples: 4887*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 3,871
Thread: 1,152

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Phenom II X4 965

Integer Math	7,961 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,770 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	15 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	7,294 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	707.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	58,148 KBytes/Sec
Physics	218 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,358 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,365 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 28th of March 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom II X4 965

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 22nd of March 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 22nd of March 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 28th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,754
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,334
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,050
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,498
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,125
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,870
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,197
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,718
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,634
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,145
AMD Phenom II X4 965		2,658

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 28th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		236.43
Intel Core i9-12900K		130.81
Intel Core i9-13900K		101.30
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.35
AMD Phenom II X4 965		41.52
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 5600X		NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 28th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,612
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,144
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,019
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,901
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,681
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,923
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,564
AMD Phenom II X4 965		1,365

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Phenom II X4 965
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2502330 - Mar 23 2025		3008
BL2487241 - Mar 17 2025		2290
BL2485447 - Mar 16 2025		2866
BL2482523 - Mar 15 2025		3008
BL2482455 - Mar 15 2025		3083

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom II X4 965
As of 28th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom II X4 965		2,658
AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD Phenom II X4 965		2,534 (-4.7%)
Intel Core i5-650 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 965		2,257 (-15.1%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9650 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 965		2,480 (-6.7%)
Intel Core i5-661 @ 3.33GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 965		2,478 (-6.8%)
AMD Phenom II X4 B95 vs AMD Phenom II X4 965		2,427 (-8.7%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 965		2,350 (-11.6%)
AMD Athlon II X4 640 vs AMD Phenom II X4 965		2,258 (-15.0%)
AMD Athlon II X4 635 vs AMD Phenom II X4 965		2,237 (-15.8%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9505 @ 2.83GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 965		2,171 (-18.3%)
AMD Athlon II X4 630 vs AMD Phenom II X4 965		2,166 (-18.5%)
AMD Phenom II X4 820 vs AMD Phenom II X4 965		2,081 (-21.7%)
AMD Athlon II X4 620 vs AMD Phenom II X4 965		2,025 (-23.8%)

Is the AMD Phenom II X4 965 Good for Gaming?
As of 28th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,187
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,340
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,856
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,606
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,538
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,296
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,825
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,698
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,530
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,445
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,407
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		9,292
AMD Phenom II X4 965		371

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