AMD Phenom II X3 720

Benchmarks for the AMD Phenom II X3 720 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 X3 720

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 2.8 GHz

Cores: 3 Threads: 3

Typical TDP: 95 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 3 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 3 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 3 x 512 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB

Other names: AMD Phenom(tm) II X3 720 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 24.72

Overall Rank:
3417th fastest in multithreading out of 5038 CPUs
3120th fastest in single threading out of 5038 CPUs
1023rd fastest in out of 1422 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $64.45 USD (2021-06-01)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1593

Single Thread Rating

1107

Samples: 394*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,574
Thread: 953

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Phenom II X3 720

Integer Math	4,369 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	3,574 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	10 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	4,370 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	459.2 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	35,360 KBytes/Sec
Physics	179 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	749 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,107 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 30th of March 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom II X3 720

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 29th of March 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 29th 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 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,751
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,334
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,050
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,495
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,125
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,870
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,195
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,718
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,639
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,145
AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,593

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		224.28
Intel Core i9-12900K		130.81
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.61
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.34
AMD Phenom II X3 720		24.72
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 31st 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		4,018
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,902
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 X3 720		1,107

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Phenom II X3 720
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2518882 - Mar 30 2025		1817
BL2435566 - Feb 23 2025		1874
BL2326456 - Jan 07 2025		1840
BL2307740 - Dec 29 2024		2019
BL2189511 - Sep 08 2024		1858

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom II X3 720
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,593
Intel Core2 Quad Q8300 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,903 (+19.4%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q8200 @ 2.33GHz vs AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,778 (+11.6%)
AMD Athlon II X3 425 vs AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,576 (-1.1%)
AMD Phenom II X3 B75 vs AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,781 (+11.8%)
AMD Phenom 8600 Triple-Core vs AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,267 (-20.5%)
Intel Core i3-530 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,502 (-5.7%)
Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,856 (+16.5%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz vs AMD Phenom II X3 720		2,350 (+47.5%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,833 (+15.0%)
AMD Phenom II X3 B73 vs AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,538 (-3.5%)
AMD Athlon II X3 415e vs AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,441 (-9.6%)
AMD A6-3500 APU vs AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,439 (-9.7%)

Is the AMD Phenom II X3 720 Good for Gaming?
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,188
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,362
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,855
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,599
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,539
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,295
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,824
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,695
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,533
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,445
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,433
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		9,328
AMD Phenom II X3 720		348

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