AMD Phenom II X4 980

Benchmarks for the AMD Phenom II X4 980 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 980

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 3.7 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 980 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2011

CPUmark/$Price: 22.16

Overall Rank:
3087th fastest in multithreading out of 5812 CPUs
2707th fastest in single threading out of 5812 CPUs
858th fastest in out of 1557 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $130.00 USD (2020-03-31)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2880

Single Thread Rating

1506

Samples: 118*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 4,230
Thread: 1,285

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Phenom II X4 980

Integer Math	8,967 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	6,050 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	16 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	8,175 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	763.8 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	66,347 KBytes/Sec
Physics	232 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,497 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,506 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 8th of March 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom II X4 980

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 3rd of March 2026.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 8th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,428
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,259
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,936
Apple M4 10 Core		23,682
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,590
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,076
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,677
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,643
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,131
AMD Phenom II X4 980		2,880

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 8th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		168.25
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		134.70
Intel Core i5-12400F		130.48
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.58
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		117.86
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.89
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.54
AMD Phenom II X4 980		22.16
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 8th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,694
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,600
Apple M4 10 Core		4,514
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,675
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,365
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,913
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,560
AMD Phenom II X4 980		1,506

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Phenom II X4 980
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3066213 - Nov 19 2025		3088
BL1576924 - Jun 06 2022		2876
BL1392702 - Apr 09 2021		2960
BL1359135 - Jan 22 2021		2861
BL1258600 - Jun 22 2020		3152

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom II X4 980
As of 8th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom II X4 980		2,880
Intel Core i5-2400S @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 980		3,185 (+10.6%)
Intel Core i5-760 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 980		2,676 (-7.1%)
Intel Core i5-2390T @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 980		2,497 (-13.3%)
Intel Core i5-2405S @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 980		3,400 (+18.0%)
Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 980		2,276 (-21.0%)
Intel Core i3-4170 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 980		3,577 (+24.2%)
AMD Athlon II X4 651 Quad-Core vs AMD Phenom II X4 980		2,433 (-15.5%)
Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 980		1,978 (-31.3%)
Intel Core i3-4340 @ 3.60GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 980		3,510 (+21.9%)
Intel Core i5-4570T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 980		3,217 (+11.7%)
AMD A10-6700 APU vs AMD Phenom II X4 980		3,114 (+8.1%)
Intel Core i5-660 @ 3.33GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 980		2,397 (-16.8%)

Is the AMD Phenom II X4 980 Good for Gaming?
As of 8th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,426
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,263
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,523
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,388
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,373
Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus		10,291
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,257
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,175
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,793
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,446
AMD Phenom II X4 980		403

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