AMD Phenom II X4 955

Benchmarks for the AMD Phenom II X4 955 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 955

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 3.2 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 955 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 43.13

Overall Rank:
3172nd fastest in multithreading out of 5482 CPUs
3058th fastest in single threading out of 5482 CPUs
883rd fastest in out of 1484 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $59.01 USD (2025-01-29)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2545

Single Thread Rating

1296

Samples: 4106*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 3,661
Thread: 1,078

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Phenom II X4 955

Integer Math	7,557 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,456 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	15 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,910 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	673.7 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	55,321 KBytes/Sec
Physics	212 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,313 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,296 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of December 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom II X4 955

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 9th of December 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of December 2025.
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 10th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,546
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,357
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,953
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,148
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,845
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,542
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,109
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,685
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,653
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,144
AMD Phenom II X4 955		2,545

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 10th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		282.23
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		160.91
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		159.58
Intel Core i9-14900K		135.21
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.15
Intel Core i9-13900K		106.30
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		53.74
AMD Phenom II X4 955		43.13
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 10th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,696
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,601
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,890
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,833
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,678
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,487
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,915
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,561
AMD Phenom II X4 955		1,296

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Phenom II X4 955
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3061854 - Nov 17 2025		2789
BL3053034 - Nov 14 2025		2851
BL3043524 - Nov 11 2025		2841
BL3043486 - Nov 11 2025		2448
BL3037112 - Nov 08 2025		2784

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom II X4 955
As of 10th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom II X4 955		2,545
AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs AMD Phenom II X4 955		2,660 (+4.5%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 955		2,369 (-6.9%)
Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.67GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 955		2,546 (+0.0%)
Intel Core i5-650 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 955		2,253 (-11.5%)
Intel Core i5-760 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 955		2,668 (+4.8%)
AMD Athlon II X4 640 vs AMD Phenom II X4 955		2,266 (-10.9%)
AMD Phenom II X4 905e vs AMD Phenom II X4 955		2,014 (-20.9%)
Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 955		1,979 (-22.2%)
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs AMD Phenom II X4 955		2,995 (+17.7%)
AMD A8-5600K APU vs AMD Phenom II X4 955		2,860 (+12.4%)
AMD A8-5500 APU vs AMD Phenom II X4 955		2,615 (+2.8%)
AMD Phenom II X4 B95 vs AMD Phenom II X4 955		2,427 (-4.6%)

Is the AMD Phenom II X4 955 Good for Gaming?
As of 10th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,441
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,126
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,254
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,796
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,513
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,449
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,350
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,270
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,670
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,477
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,412
AMD Phenom II X4 955		357

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