AMD Phenom II X4 965

Benchmarks for the AMD Phenom II X4 965 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 965

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 3.4 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 965 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 41.56

Overall Rank:
3110th fastest in multithreading out of 5495 CPUs
2923rd fastest in single threading out of 5495 CPUs
864th fastest in out of 1484 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $64.02 USD (2024-12-27)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2660

Single Thread Rating

1366

Samples: 4959*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 3,871
Thread: 1,152

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Phenom II X4 965

Integer Math	7,952 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,778 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	15 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	7,258 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	710.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	57,695 KBytes/Sec
Physics	216 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,376 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,366 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 16th of December 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom II X4 965

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 16th of December 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 16th 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 16th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,548
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,348
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,953
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,148
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,549
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,107
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,684
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,653
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,142
AMD Phenom II X4 965		2,660

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 16th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		263.94
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		164.62
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		159.57
Intel Core i9-14900K		133.37
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.20
Intel Core i9-13900K		106.30
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		53.74
AMD Phenom II X4 965		41.56
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 16th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,697
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,601
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,889
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,833
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,677
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 965		1,366

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Phenom II X4 965
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3121601 - Dec 10 2025		3045
BL3110572 - Dec 05 2025		2042
BL3110360 - Dec 05 2025		3095
BL3106996 - Dec 04 2025		2632
BL3086888 - Nov 27 2025		2950

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom II X4 965
As of 16th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom II X4 965		2,660
AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD Phenom II X4 965		2,546 (-4.3%)
Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.67GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 965		2,544 (-4.4%)
Intel Core i5-650 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 965		2,254 (-15.3%)
Intel Core i5-760 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 965		2,670 (+0.4%)
AMD Phenom II X4 B95 vs AMD Phenom II X4 965		2,427 (-8.8%)
Intel Core i5-661 @ 3.33GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 965		2,387 (-10.3%)
AMD Athlon II X4 640 vs AMD Phenom II X4 965		2,272 (-14.6%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9505 @ 2.83GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 965		2,176 (-18.2%)
AMD Phenom II X4 820 vs AMD Phenom II X4 965		2,114 (-20.6%)
AMD Athlon II X4 620 vs AMD Phenom II X4 965		2,026 (-23.8%)
AMD Phenom II X4 905e vs AMD Phenom II X4 965		2,014 (-24.3%)
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs AMD Phenom II X4 965		2,994 (+12.5%)

Is the AMD Phenom II X4 965 Good for Gaming?
As of 16th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,440
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,126
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,253
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,796
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,518
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,444
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,309
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,269
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,699
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,469
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,409
AMD Phenom II X4 965		370

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