AMD Phenom II X4 945

Benchmarks for the AMD Phenom II X4 945 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 945

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 3.0 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 4

Typical TDP: 125 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 945 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 55.00

Overall Rank:
3288th fastest in multithreading out of 5528 CPUs
3208th fastest in single threading out of 5528 CPUs
905th fastest in out of 1487 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $44.04 USD (2024-07-26)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2422

Single Thread Rating

1236

Samples: 1682*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 3,438
Thread: 1,019

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Phenom II X4 945

Integer Math	7,143 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,279 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	14 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,561 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	641.6 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	52,749 KBytes/Sec
Physics	202 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,242 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,236 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of January 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom II X4 945

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 14th of January 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of January 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 17th of January 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,497
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,332
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,947
Apple M4 10 Core		23,707
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,845
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,567
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,099
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,680
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,643
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,136
AMD Phenom II X4 945		2,422

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 17th of January 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		260.01
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		170.35
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		159.59
Intel Core i9-14900K		129.55
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.30
Intel Core i9-13900K		106.25
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		64.43
AMD Phenom II X4 945		55.00
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 17th of January 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,696
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,601
Apple M4 10 Core		4,518
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,887
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 945		1,236

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Phenom II X4 945
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3089106 - Nov 28 2025		2648
BL2962147 - Oct 08 2025		2705
BL2933081 - Sep 25 2025		3030
BL2879042 - Sep 02 2025		2677
BL2869467 - Aug 28 2025		2699

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom II X4 945
As of 17th of January 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom II X4 945		2,422
Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.67GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 945		2,547 (+5.1%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 945		2,370 (-2.2%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9300 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 945		2,012 (-16.9%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9450 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 945		2,203 (-9.1%)
AMD Athlon II X4 620 vs AMD Phenom II X4 945		2,009 (-17.1%)
AMD Phenom 9750 Quad-Core vs AMD Phenom II X4 945		1,846 (-23.8%)
AMD Phenom II X4 905e vs AMD Phenom II X4 945		2,014 (-16.9%)
Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 945		1,857 (-23.3%)
AMD Phenom 9600B Quad-Core vs AMD Phenom II X4 945		1,842 (-24.0%)
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs AMD Phenom II X4 945		2,995 (+23.7%)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs AMD Phenom II X4 945		2,662 (+9.9%)
AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD Phenom II X4 945		2,547 (+5.2%)

Is the AMD Phenom II X4 945 Good for Gaming?
As of 17th of January 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,422
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,124
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,253
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,793
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,512
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,411
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,261
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,209
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,777
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,733
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,455
AMD Phenom II X4 945		341

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