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: 23.08

Overall Rank:
3242nd fastest in multithreading out of 6042 CPUs
2879th fastest in single threading out of 6042 CPUs
885th fastest in out of 1595 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

3000

Single Thread Rating

1515

Samples: 122*
*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	9,062 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	6,308 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	18 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	8,151 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	810.5 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	66,463 KBytes/Sec
Physics	240 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,574 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,515 MOps/Sec

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

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom II X4 980

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 2nd of October 2026

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 2nd of October 2026.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 8th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,188
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,054
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		34,288
Apple M4 10 Core		23,567
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,821
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,537
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,024
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,648
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,647
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,119
AMD Phenom II X4 980		3,000

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 8th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		172.41
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		145.48
Intel Core i9-14900K		126.77
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.11
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		107.15
Intel Core i9-13900K		96.92
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		81.19
AMD Phenom II X4 980		23.08
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 October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,690
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,595
Apple M4 10 Core		4,491
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,881
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		3,761
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,672
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,485
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,366
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,908
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,557
AMD Phenom II X4 980		1,515

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Phenom II X4 980
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3701880 - Sep 08 2026		3016
BL3612301 - Jul 27 2026		3174
BL3384434 - Mar 30 2026		3291
BL3384401 - Mar 30 2026		3241
BL3066213 - Nov 19 2025		3088

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 October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom II X4 980		3,000
Intel Core i5-760 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 980		2,679 (-10.7%)
Intel Core i5-2390T @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 980		2,506 (-16.5%)
Intel Core i5-2405S @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 980		3,400 (+13.3%)
Intel Core i3-4170 @ 3.70GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 980		3,579 (+19.3%)
AMD A10-7850K APU vs AMD Phenom II X4 980		3,389 (+12.9%)
Intel Core i5-2400S @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 980		3,168 (+5.6%)
AMD Athlon II X4 651 Quad-Core vs AMD Phenom II X4 980		2,433 (-18.9%)
Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 980		1,972 (-34.3%)
Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 980		1,864 (-37.9%)
Intel Core i5-4570T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 980		3,215 (+7.2%)
AMD A10-6700 APU vs AMD Phenom II X4 980		3,111 (+3.7%)
Intel Core i5-660 @ 3.33GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 980		2,355 (-21.5%)

Is the AMD Phenom II X4 980 Good for Gaming?
As of 8th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		15,464
AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D		12,518
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,385
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,103
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 9755X3D		12,028
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,258
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,685
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,512
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus		10,497
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,377
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,354
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,055
AMD Phenom II X4 980		411

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