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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: 63.71

Overall Rank:
2811th fastest in multithreading out of 5149 CPUs
2630th fastest in single threading out of 5149 CPUs
823rd fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
2733
Single Thread Rating
1400

Samples: 385*
*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 Math8,213 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math5,876 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers16 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting7,465 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption712.6 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression59,634 KBytes/Sec
Physics220 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions1,436 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,400 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of June 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom II X4 970

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 10th of June 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of June 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


Last 5 Baselines for AMD Phenom II X4 970
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2672065 - Jun 04 2025
3117
BL2672048 - Jun 04 2025
3096
BL2530253 - Apr 04 2025
2987
BL2476690 - Mar 12 2025
1097
BL2405467 - Feb 11 2025
2883
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom II X4 970
As of 12th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,733
AMD Athlon II X4 640 vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,266 (-17.1%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9500 @ 2.83GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,246 (-17.8%)
AMD Phenom II X4 945 vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,414 (-11.7%)
Intel Core i3-3240 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,344 (-14.2%)
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,275 (-16.8%)
Intel Core i3-4150 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
3,402 (+24.5%)
Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
3,329 (+21.8%)
AMD Phenom II X6 1045T vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
3,236 (+18.4%)
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,989 (+9.4%)
AMD Phenom II X4 960T vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,375 (-13.1%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9505 @ 2.83GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,171 (-20.5%)
AMD Phenom II X4 820 vs AMD Phenom II X4 970
2,095 (-23.3%)

Is the AMD Phenom II X4 970 Good for Gaming?
As of 12th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
12,498
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
12,151
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
11,307
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
10,843
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
10,587
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
10,494
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
10,278
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
9,806
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
9,763
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
9,662
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
9,517
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
9,507
AMD Phenom II X4 970
378