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AMD Phenom II X4 970

Benchmarks for the AMD Phenom II X4 970 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.

Is the AMD Phenom II X4 970 Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]

AMD Phenom II X4 970

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 3.5 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 970 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2010

CPUmark/$Price: 64.01

Overall Rank:
2668th fastest in multithreading out of 4980 CPUs
2475th fastest in single threading out of 4980 CPUs
783rd fastest in out of 1409 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $42.89 USD (2023-06-02)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
2745
Single Thread Rating
1417

Samples: 379*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 3,988
Thread: 1,202

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Phenom II X4 970

Integer Math8,355 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math5,918 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers16 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting7,648 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption707.7 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression60,464 KBytes/Sec
Physics222 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions1,432 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,417 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 8th of February 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom II X4 970

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 5th of February 2025
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 5th of February 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 9th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
58,827
Intel Core i9-12900K
41,390
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
39,068
Intel Core i7-12700K
34,576
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
22,110
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
21,876
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
18,216
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
17,726
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
15,620
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
14,152
AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,745
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 9th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
198.90
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
191.94
Intel Core i9-12900K
155.19
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
145.23
Intel Core i9-13900K
131.90
Intel Core i7-12700K
84.54
AMD Phenom II X4 970
64.01
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
47.31
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 9th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
4,614
Intel Core i9-12900K
4,151
Intel Core i7-12700K
4,024
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
3,904
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
3,684
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
3,362
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
2,924
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
2,565
AMD Phenom II X4 970
1,417
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Phenom II X4 970
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2377320 - Jan 30 2025
2965
BL2130692 - Jun 24 2024
3040
BL2015419 - Feb 04 2024
2405
BL2011849 - Jan 31 2024
2963
BL1990664 - Jan 07 2024
2951
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom II X4 970
As of 9th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,745
AMD Athlon II X4 640 vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,253 (-17.9%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9500 @ 2.83GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,226 (-18.9%)
AMD Phenom II X4 945 vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,406 (-12.4%)
Intel Core i3-3240 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,334 (-15.0%)
Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
3,869 (+40.9%)
Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
3,321 (+21.0%)
AMD Phenom II X6 1045T vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
3,220 (+17.3%)
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,984 (+8.7%)
AMD Phenom II X4 B95 vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,417 (-11.9%)
AMD Phenom II X4 960T vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,375 (-13.5%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9505 @ 2.83GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,171 (-20.9%)
AMD Phenom II X4 820 vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,081 (-24.2%)

Is the AMD Phenom II X4 970 Good for Gaming?
As of 9th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
12,189
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
10,866
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
10,646
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
10,606
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
10,306
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
9,845
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
9,522
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
9,517
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
9,262
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
9,127
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF
9,104
Intel Core i9-14900KS
9,036
AMD Phenom II X4 970
382