AMD Phenom II X2 B59

Benchmarks for the AMD Phenom II X2 B59 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 B59

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM2+/AM3

Clockspeed: 3.4 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 B59 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2012

CPUmark/$Price: 29.39

Overall Rank:
4292nd fastest in multithreading out of 6042 CPUs
3160th fastest in single threading out of 6042 CPUs
1207th fastest in out of 1595 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $48.02 USD (2021-08-24)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1411

Single Thread Rating

1376

Samples: 56*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,097
Thread: 1,144

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Phenom II X2 B59

Integer Math	4,022 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,814 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	11 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,676 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	387.8 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	29,317 KBytes/Sec
Physics	155 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	683 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,376 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of October 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom II X2 B59

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of October 2026.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,191
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,056
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		34,287
Apple M4 10 Core		23,570
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,821
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,538
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,025
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,649
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,647
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,120
AMD Phenom II X2 B59		1,411

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		173.01
Intel Core i9-14900K		154.77
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		147.45
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.12
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		107.15
Intel Core i9-13900K		92.45
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		80.56
AMD Phenom II X2 B59		29.39
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,690
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,595
Apple M4 10 Core		4,491
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,881
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		3,761
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,672
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,485
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,366
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,908
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,557
AMD Phenom II X2 B59		1,376

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Phenom II X2 B59
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3487668 - May 24 2026		1443
BL2851155 - Aug 21 2025		1489
BL2217644 - Oct 12 2024		1466
BL2217595 - Oct 12 2024		1148
BL1620994 - Aug 30 2022		1471

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom II X2 B59
As of 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom II X2 B59		1,411
Intel Pentium G2020 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 B59		1,684 (+19.3%)
Intel Pentium G640 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 B59		1,361 (-3.6%)
AMD Athlon II X2 270 vs AMD Phenom II X2 B59		1,340 (-5.1%)
AMD Athlon II X2 B28 vs AMD Phenom II X2 B59		1,273 (-9.8%)
Intel Celeron G1620 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 B59		1,596 (+13.1%)
AMD A6-5400K APU vs AMD Phenom II X2 B59		1,287 (-8.8%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7400 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 B59		1,066 (-24.4%)
AMD A4-6300 APU vs AMD Phenom II X2 B59		1,442 (+2.2%)
Intel Pentium G2020T @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 B59		1,438 (+1.9%)
Intel Pentium E6700 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 B59		1,202 (-14.8%)
AMD Phenom II X2 550 vs AMD Phenom II X2 B59		1,203 (-14.7%)
Intel Celeron G530 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 B59		1,160 (-17.8%)

Is the AMD Phenom II X2 B59 Good for Gaming?
As of 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		15,463
AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D		12,519
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,385
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,103
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 9755X3D		12,028
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,259
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,689
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,512
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus		10,504
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,378
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,353
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,054
AMD Phenom II X2 B59		442

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