AMD Phenom II X4 960T

Benchmarks for the AMD Phenom II X4 960T 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 960T

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 3.0 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.4 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
L3 Cache: 6 MB

Other names: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 960T Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2011

CPUmark/$Price: 45.24

Overall Rank:
3372nd fastest in multithreading out of 5790 CPUs
3127th fastest in single threading out of 5790 CPUs
932nd fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $52.02 USD (2024-07-09)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2353

Single Thread Rating

1293

Samples: 433*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 3,574
Thread: 1,116

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Phenom II X4 960T

Integer Math	6,916 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	4,902 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	14 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	6,188 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	627.8 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	50,395 KBytes/Sec
Physics	208 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,222 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,293 MOps/Sec

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

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom II X4 960T

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 11th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th of February 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 February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,451
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,284
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,940
Apple M4 10 Core		23,704
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,843
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,582
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,084
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,678
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,642
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,132
AMD Phenom II X4 960T		2,353

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 17th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		136.53
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		130.23
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.63
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.40
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		117.87
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.93
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.60
AMD Phenom II X4 960T		45.24
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 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 960T		1,293

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Phenom II X4 960T
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3238656 - Jan 24 2026		1319
BL3094410 - Nov 30 2025		2658
BL3072272 - Nov 21 2025		2709
BL3053118 - Nov 14 2025		2733
BL2870696 - Aug 29 2025		1725

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom II X4 960T
As of 17th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom II X4 960T		2,353
AMD A8-5500 APU vs AMD Phenom II X4 960T		2,618 (+11.2%)
AMD Phenom II X4 850 vs AMD Phenom II X4 960T		2,462 (+4.6%)
Intel Core i3-3240 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 960T		2,354 (+0.0%)
AMD A8-3800 APU vs AMD Phenom II X4 960T		2,051 (-12.9%)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs AMD Phenom II X4 960T		2,662 (+13.1%)
Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.67GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 960T		2,547 (+8.2%)
Intel Core i5-650 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 960T		2,257 (-4.1%)
AMD Phenom II X4 970 vs AMD Phenom II X4 960T		2,785 (+18.3%)
AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD Phenom II X4 960T		2,552 (+8.4%)
AMD Phenom II X4 945 vs AMD Phenom II X4 960T		2,422 (+2.9%)
AMD Athlon II X4 645 vs AMD Phenom II X4 960T		2,378 (+1.0%)
AMD Phenom II X4 840T vs AMD Phenom II X4 960T		2,367 (+0.6%)

Is the AMD Phenom II X4 960T Good for Gaming?
As of 17th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,433
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		10,518
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,380
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,257
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,196
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,779
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,775
AMD Phenom II X4 960T		353

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