AMD Phenom II X4 905e

Benchmarks for the AMD Phenom II X4 905e 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 905e

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 2.5 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 4

Typical TDP: 65 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: 6 MB

Other names: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 905e Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 37.30

Overall Rank:
3593rd fastest in multithreading out of 5785 CPUs
3706th fastest in single threading out of 5785 CPUs
1006th fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $53.99 USD (2018-10-20)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2014

Single Thread Rating

1034

Samples: 58*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,891
Thread: 855

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Phenom II X4 905e

Integer Math	5,852 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	4,475 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	14 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	5,703 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	523.7 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	43,749 KBytes/Sec
Physics	207 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,024 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,034 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom II X4 905e

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of February 2026.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,451
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,294
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,941
Apple M4 10 Core		23,700
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,583
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,084
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,679
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,640
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
AMD Phenom II X4 905e		2,014

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		136.53
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		130.24
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.63
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.40
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		117.87
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.95
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.60
AMD Phenom II X4 905e		37.30
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 13th 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 Phenom II X4 905e		1,034

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Phenom II X4 905e
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2484249 - Mar 15 2025		2302
BL2484136 - Mar 15 2025		2236
BL5089393 - Mar 15 2025		2326
BL5089391 - Mar 15 2025		2178
BL2451881 - Mar 02 2025		2257

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom II X4 905e
As of 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom II X4 905e		2,014
AMD Phenom II X4 945 vs AMD Phenom II X4 905e		2,422 (+20.3%)
Intel Core i5-650 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 905e		2,257 (+12.1%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9505 @ 2.83GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 905e		2,176 (+8.1%)
AMD Phenom II X4 820 vs AMD Phenom II X4 905e		2,125 (+5.5%)
AMD Athlon II X4 620 vs AMD Phenom II X4 905e		2,011 (-0.1%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q8200 @ 2.33GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 905e		1,814 (-9.9%)
Intel Core i3-530 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 905e		1,517 (-24.7%)
AMD Athlon II X3 425 vs AMD Phenom II X4 905e		1,601 (-20.5%)
AMD Phenom II X3 720 vs AMD Phenom II X4 905e		1,600 (-20.5%)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs AMD Phenom II X4 905e		2,662 (+32.2%)
AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD Phenom II X4 905e		2,551 (+26.7%)
Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.67GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 905e		2,547 (+26.5%)

Is the AMD Phenom II X4 905e Good for Gaming?
As of 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,426
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,257
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,794
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,516
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,382
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,258
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,194
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,772
AMD Phenom II X4 905e		316

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