AMD Athlon X4 950

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon X4 950 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 Athlon X4 950

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM4

Clockspeed: 3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.8 GHz

Cores: 4 (in 4 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 65 W

TDP Down: 45 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 96 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 1024 KB

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) X4 950 Quad Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2017

CPUmark/$Price: 122.40

Overall Rank:
2747th fastest in multithreading out of 5776 CPUs
2472nd fastest in single threading out of 5776 CPUs
749th fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $29.26 USD (2023-06-02)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

3581

Single Thread Rating

1625

Samples: 152*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 5,203
Thread: 1,698

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon X4 950

Integer Math	19,166 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,961 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,391 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	1,130 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	60,869 KBytes/Sec
Physics	241 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	2,113 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,625 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon X4 950

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 4th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of February 2026.
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 9th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,457
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,302
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,943
Apple M4 10 Core		23,698
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,576
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,091
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,679
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,641
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
AMD Athlon X4 950		3,581

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 9th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		170.63
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		159.59
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		130.24
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.64
AMD Athlon X4 950		122.40
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.36
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.97
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.62
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 9th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,694
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,600
Apple M4 10 Core		4,516
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,676
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,365
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,914
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,560
AMD Athlon X4 950		1,625

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon X4 950
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3181658 - Jan 02 2026		3627
BL3165642 - Dec 26 2025		3335
BL3127337 - Dec 12 2025		3837
BL2914593 - Sep 17 2025		3695
BL2873129 - Aug 30 2025		3320

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon X4 950
As of 9th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon X4 950		3,581
Intel Core i3-7100 @ 3.90GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 950		4,310 (+20.3%)
Intel Core i5-2320 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 950		3,688 (+3.0%)
Intel Core i5-2300 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 950		3,467 (-3.2%)
Intel Core i3-4150 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 950		3,400 (-5.1%)
AMD Athlon X4 845 vs AMD Athlon X4 950		3,755 (+4.8%)
Intel Core i3-8100 @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 950		6,065 (+69.3%)
Intel Core i5-3330S @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 950		3,914 (+9.3%)
AMD Athlon X4 870K vs AMD Athlon X4 950		3,452 (-3.6%)
AMD A10-7800 APU vs AMD Athlon X4 950		3,217 (-10.2%)
AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core vs AMD Athlon X4 950		3,124 (-12.8%)
Intel Core i5-2500 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 950		4,097 (+14.4%)
Intel Pentium Gold G5600F @ 3.90GHz vs AMD Athlon X4 950		4,060 (+13.4%)

Is the AMD Athlon X4 950 Good for Gaming?
As of 9th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,423
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,257
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,793
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,516
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,385
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,259
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,181
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,769
AMD Athlon X4 950		329

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