AMD Phenom II X4 B97

Benchmarks for the AMD Phenom II X4 B97 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 B97

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM2+/AM3

Clockspeed: 3.2 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 4

Typical TDP: 95 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 B97 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2010

CPUmark/$Price: 31.75

Overall Rank:
2692nd fastest in multithreading out of 4890 CPUs
2578th fastest in single threading out of 4890 CPUs
796th fastest in out of 1398 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $79.95 USD (2020-09-28)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2539

Single Thread Rating

1320

Samples: 114*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 3,741
Thread: 1,077

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Phenom II X4 B97

Integer Math	7,720 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,672 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	15 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	7,164 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	649.9 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	57,685 KBytes/Sec
Physics	206 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,306 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,320 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of November 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom II X4 B97

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 16th of November 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 16th of November 2024.
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 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,005
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,472
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,113
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,594
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,077
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,887
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,259
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,747
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,568
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,156
AMD Phenom II X4 B97		2,539

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		273.92
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		208.45
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		172.34
Intel Core i9-12900K		155.33
Intel Core i9-13900K		147.52
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.58
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.46
AMD Phenom II X4 B97		31.75
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 November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,620
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,161
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,028
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,835
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,687
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,361
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,928
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,567
AMD Phenom II X4 B97		1,320

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Phenom II X4 B97
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1879582 - Aug 09 2023		2467
BL1874950 - Aug 03 2023		2634
BL1860844 - Jul 14 2023		2585
BL1859978 - Jul 13 2023		2517
BL1848576 - Jun 28 2023		2701

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom II X4 B97
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom II X4 B97		2,539
Intel Core i5-760 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 B97		2,633 (+3.7%)
Intel Core i5-2400S @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 B97		3,155 (+24.3%)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs AMD Phenom II X4 B97		2,640 (+4.0%)
AMD Phenom II X4 975 vs AMD Phenom II X4 B97		2,536 (-0.1%)
Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.67GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 B97		2,532 (-0.3%)
AMD Athlon II X4 645 vs AMD Phenom II X4 B97		2,348 (-7.5%)
AMD Phenom II X4 910e vs AMD Phenom II X4 B97		2,131 (-16.0%)
Intel Core i5-655K @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 B97		2,017 (-20.5%)
AMD A8-6600K APU vs AMD Phenom II X4 B97		3,007 (+18.4%)
AMD A8-5600K APU vs AMD Phenom II X4 B97		2,855 (+12.5%)
Intel Core i5-2390T @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 B97		2,493 (-1.8%)
Intel Core i5-661 @ 3.33GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 B97		2,470 (-2.7%)

Is the AMD Phenom II X4 B97 Good for Gaming?
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,240
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		11,301
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,891
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,715
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,330
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		10,235
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,873
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,663
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,486
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,267
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,254
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		8,942
AMD Phenom II X4 B97		355

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