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.

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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: 64.88

Overall Rank:
3041st fastest in multithreading out of 5491 CPUs
2844th fastest in single threading out of 5491 CPUs
850th fastest in out of 1484 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2783

Single Thread Rating

1407

Samples: 391*
*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 Math	8,288 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,960 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	16 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	7,508 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	731.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	60,233 KBytes/Sec
Physics	223 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,471 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,407 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of December 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom II X4 970

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 10th of December 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th 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 14th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,553
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,350
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,952
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,147
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,547
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,108
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,684
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,651
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,144
AMD Phenom II X4 970		2,783

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 14th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		267.93
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		178.41
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		159.58
Intel Core i5-12400F		157.16
Intel Core i9-14900K		130.41
Intel Core i9-13900K		106.29
AMD Phenom II X4 970		64.88
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		53.74
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 14th 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		3,678
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 970		1,407

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Phenom II X4 970
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3053871 - Nov 14 2025		3112
BL3053472 - Nov 14 2025		3112
BL2979346 - Oct 15 2025		3028
BL2937106 - Sep 27 2025		3153
BL2929937 - Sep 24 2025		3139

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom II X4 970
As of 14th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom II X4 970		2,783
Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.67GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970		2,546 (-8.5%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9500 @ 2.83GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970		2,241 (-19.5%)
AMD Phenom II X4 945 vs AMD Phenom II X4 970		2,422 (-12.9%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970		2,367 (-14.9%)
Intel Core i3-3240 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970		2,350 (-15.5%)
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970		2,276 (-18.2%)
Intel Core i5-2300 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970		3,476 (+24.9%)
Intel Core i3-4150 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970		3,407 (+22.4%)
AMD Phenom II X6 1045T vs AMD Phenom II X4 970		3,242 (+16.5%)
AMD A10-6800K APU vs AMD Phenom II X4 970		3,196 (+14.9%)
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs AMD Phenom II X4 970		2,995 (+7.6%)
AMD Phenom II X4 960T vs AMD Phenom II X4 970		2,373 (-14.7%)

Is the AMD Phenom II X4 970 Good for Gaming?
As of 14th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,443
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,126
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,254
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,795
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,513
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,447
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,285
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,270
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,777
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,678
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,472
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,415
AMD Phenom II X4 970		381

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