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AMD Phenom 9600B Quad-Core

Benchmarks for the AMD Phenom 9600B Quad-Core 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 9600B Quad-Core Good for Gaming?

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

AMD Phenom 9600B Quad-Core

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM2+

Clockspeed: 2.3 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: 2 MB

Other names: AMD Phenom(tm) 9600B Quad-Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 46.11

Overall Rank:
3594th fastest in multithreading out of 5444 CPUs
3812th fastest in single threading out of 5444 CPUs
1022nd fastest in out of 1475 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $39.95 USD (2020-08-27)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
1842
Single Thread Rating
937

Samples: 72*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,579
Thread: 830

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Phenom 9600B Quad-Core

Integer Math5,740 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math4,239 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers8 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting5,158 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption503.2 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression41,775 KBytes/Sec
Physics139 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions963 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread937 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of November 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom 9600B Quad-Core

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 13th of November 2025


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

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of November 2025.

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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 13th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K
58,563
Intel Core i9-13900K
58,419
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
38,959
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
22,152
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
21,847
Intel Core i5-12400F
19,517
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
18,115
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
17,687
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
15,651
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
14,146
AMD Phenom 9600B Quad-Core
1,842
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 13th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
264.77
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
170.71
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
144.83
Intel Core i5-12400F
128.61
Intel Core i9-14900K
127.59
Intel Core i9-13900K
104.32
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
47.80
AMD Phenom 9600B Quad-Core
46.11
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 13th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K
4,698
Intel Core i9-13900K
4,602
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
3,892
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
3,834
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
3,679
Intel Core i5-12400F
3,485
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
3,468
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
2,916
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
2,561
AMD Phenom 9600B Quad-Core
937
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Phenom 9600B Quad-Core
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2283652 - Dec 17 2024
2008
BL1763316 - Mar 08 2023
1986
BL1762455 - Mar 07 2023
2003
BL1638207 - Sep 28 2022
1905
BL1515495 - Feb 13 2022
1931
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom 9600B Quad-Core
As of 13th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom 9600B Quad-Core
1,842
Intel Core2 Quad Q9300 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Phenom 9600B Quad-Core
2,010 (+9.1%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9450 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Phenom 9600B Quad-Core
2,208 (+19.9%)
AMD Athlon II X4 630 vs AMD Phenom 9600B Quad-Core
2,175 (+18.1%)
AMD Athlon II X4 620 vs AMD Phenom 9600B Quad-Core
2,031 (+10.3%)
AMD Phenom 9750 Quad-Core vs AMD Phenom 9600B Quad-Core
1,846 (+0.2%)
AMD Phenom 9650 Quad-Core vs AMD Phenom 9600B Quad-Core
1,777 (-3.5%)
AMD Phenom 9600 Quad-Core vs AMD Phenom 9600B Quad-Core
1,607 (-12.8%)
AMD Phenom 9500 Quad-Core vs AMD Phenom 9600B Quad-Core
1,564 (-15.1%)
Intel Core i3-530 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Phenom 9600B Quad-Core
1,514 (-17.8%)
Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Phenom 9600B Quad-Core
1,856 (+0.8%)
Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.67GHz vs AMD Phenom 9600B Quad-Core
2,545 (+38.1%)
AMD Phenom II X4 945 vs AMD Phenom 9600B Quad-Core
2,421 (+31.4%)

Is the AMD Phenom 9600B Quad-Core Good for Gaming?
As of 13th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
12,414
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
12,136
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
11,255
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
10,802
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
10,505
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
10,496
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
10,271
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
9,622
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
9,499
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
9,482
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
9,419
AMD Phenom 9600B Quad-Core
137