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: 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 Math	8,213 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,876 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	16 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	7,465 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	712.6 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	59,634 KBytes/Sec
Physics	220 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,436 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,400 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

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 12th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,666
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,303
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,019
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,149
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,861
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,480
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,168
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,705
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,651
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,145
AMD Phenom II X4 970		2,733

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 12th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		227.02
Intel Core i5-12400F		186.41
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		168.81
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		150.66
Intel Core i9-12900K		136.20
Intel Core i9-13900K		130.38
AMD Phenom II X4 970		63.71
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.24
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 12th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,610
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,139
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,900
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,680
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,478
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,921
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,563
AMD Phenom II X4 970		1,400

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

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