AMD Phenom II X4 850

Benchmarks for the AMD Phenom II X4 850 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 850

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM2+/AM3

Clockspeed: 3.3 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

Other names: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 850 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2011

CPUmark/$Price: 38.64

Overall Rank:
3497th fastest in multithreading out of 6045 CPUs
3365th fastest in single threading out of 6045 CPUs
940th fastest in out of 1595 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $64.99 USD (2018-11-01)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2512

Single Thread Rating

1283

Samples: 123*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 3,471
Thread: 1,110

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Phenom II X4 850

Integer Math	7,657 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,476 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	9 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,866 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	703.8 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	55,852 KBytes/Sec
Physics	176 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,396 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,283 MOps/Sec

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

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom II X4 850

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 4th of October 2026

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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 9th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,189
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,053
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		34,287
Apple M4 10 Core		23,567
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,821
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,537
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,023
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,648
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,648
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,119
AMD Phenom II X4 850		2,512

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 9th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		175.41
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		145.48
Intel Core i9-14900K		126.77
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.11
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		98.86
Intel Core i9-13900K		95.77
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		81.55
AMD Phenom II X4 850		38.64
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 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 X4 850		1,283

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Phenom II X4 850
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3628688 - Aug 04 2026		2729
BL3512025 - Jun 07 2026		2782
BL3477196 - May 19 2026		2669
BL3175426 - Dec 30 2025		2712
BL2770298 - Jul 17 2025		2290

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom II X4 850
As of 9th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom II X4 850		2,512
AMD A8-5500 APU vs AMD Phenom II X4 850		2,624 (+4.5%)
AMD A8-3850 APU vs AMD Phenom II X4 850		2,431 (-3.2%)
AMD Phenom II X4 960T vs AMD Phenom II X4 850		2,358 (-6.1%)
AMD A6-3670 APU vs AMD Phenom II X4 850		2,219 (-11.7%)
AMD A10-5800K APU vs AMD Phenom II X4 850		2,972 (+18.3%)
AMD A8-5600K APU vs AMD Phenom II X4 850		2,859 (+13.8%)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs AMD Phenom II X4 850		2,677 (+6.6%)
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 850		2,278 (-9.3%)
Intel Core i5-650 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 850		2,262 (-9.9%)
AMD A10-5700 APU vs AMD Phenom II X4 850		2,759 (+9.9%)
AMD Phenom II X4 975 vs AMD Phenom II X4 850		2,638 (+5.0%)
AMD Phenom II X4 B97 vs AMD Phenom II X4 850		2,579 (+2.7%)

Is the AMD Phenom II X4 850 Good for Gaming?
As of 9th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		15,467
AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D		12,519
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,385
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,102
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 9755X3D		12,028
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,258
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,681
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,512
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus		10,492
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,378
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,353
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,055
AMD Phenom II X4 850		251

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