AMD Phenom II X2 B53

Benchmarks for the AMD Phenom II X2 B53 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 X2 B53

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 2.8 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 80 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 512 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB

Other names: AMD Phenom(tm) II X2 B53 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2009

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
3900th fastest in multithreading out of 5149 CPUs
3091st fastest in single threading out of 5149 CPUs
1182nd fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1137

Single Thread Rating

1161

^%
Samples: 12*
*Margin for error: Medium

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,898
Thread: 945

^%Single thread rating may be higher than the overall rating, thread performance is just one component of the CPU Mark.

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Phenom II X2 B53

Integer Math	3,295 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,405 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	9 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,133 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	279.8 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	24,133 KBytes/Sec
Physics	142 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	529 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,161 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of June 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom II X2 B53

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 13th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,665
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,303
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,019
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,150
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,861
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,482
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,169
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,705
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,651
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,145
AMD Phenom II X2 B53		1,137

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 13th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		227.02
Intel Core i5-12400F		186.43
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		168.81
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		150.66
Intel Core i9-12900K		136.20
Intel Core i9-13900K		130.37
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.24
AMD Phenom II X2 B53		NA
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 June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,610
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,139
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,900
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,680
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,477
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,921
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,563
AMD Phenom II X2 B53		1,161

Last 4 Baselines for AMD Phenom II X2 B53
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1614492 - Aug 18 2022		1183
BL1432851 - Aug 02 2021		1133
BL1385693 - Mar 23 2021		1159
BL5000439 - Mar 12 2021		1056

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom II X2 B53
As of 13th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom II X2 B53		1,137
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs AMD Phenom II X2 B53		1,170 (+2.9%)
AMD Phenom II X2 555 vs AMD Phenom II X2 B53		1,308 (+15.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 B53		1,293 (+13.7%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8400 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 B53		1,211 (+6.5%)
AMD Athlon II X2 255 vs AMD Phenom II X2 B53		1,209 (+6.3%)
Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 B53		1,176 (+3.4%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7500 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 B53		1,152 (+1.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7600 @ 3.06GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 B53		1,144 (+0.6%)
AMD Phenom II X2 550 vs AMD Phenom II X2 B53		1,140 (+0.3%)
AMD Athlon II X2 245 vs AMD Phenom II X2 B53		1,130 (-0.7%)
AMD Athlon II X2 B24 vs AMD Phenom II X2 B53		1,111 (-2.3%)
Intel Pentium E5700 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 B53		1,088 (-4.3%)

Is the AMD Phenom II X2 B53 Good for Gaming?
As of 13th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,498
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,151
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,311
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,842
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,586
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,485
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,277
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,806
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,763
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,662
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,522
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,518
AMD Phenom II X2 B53		392

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