AMD Phenom II X4 B97

Benchmarks for the AMD Phenom II X4 B97 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 B97

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM2+/AM3

Clockspeed: 3.2 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 4

Typical TDP: 95 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 B97 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2010

CPUmark/$Price: 31.78

Overall Rank:
3153rd fastest in multithreading out of 5454 CPUs
2981st fastest in single threading out of 5454 CPUs
875th fastest in out of 1475 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $79.95 USD (2020-09-28)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2540

Single Thread Rating

1320

Samples: 119*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 3,741
Thread: 1,077

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Phenom II X4 B97

Integer Math	7,653 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	5,633 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	15 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	7,050 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	657.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	56,563 KBytes/Sec
Physics	206 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,315 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,320 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of November 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom II X4 B97

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 13th of November 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of November 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 17th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,564
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,395
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,959
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,148
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,847
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,521
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,115
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,686
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,652
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,146
AMD Phenom II X4 B97		2,540

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 17th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		260.09
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		169.50
Intel Core i5-12400F		151.69
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		150.30
Intel Core i9-14900K		127.59
Intel Core i9-13900K		102.16
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		53.76
AMD Phenom II X4 B97		31.78
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 17th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,698
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,602
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,892
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,833
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,678
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,485
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,468
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,916
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,561
AMD Phenom II X4 B97		1,320

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Phenom II X4 B97
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3019920 - Nov 01 2025		2494
BL2922198 - Sep 20 2025		2726
BL2480994 - Mar 14 2025		2105
BL2337221 - Jan 12 2025		2645
BL2256922 - Nov 27 2024		2780

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom II X4 B97
As of 17th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom II X4 B97		2,540
AMD Athlon II X4 640 vs AMD Phenom II X4 B97		2,265 (-10.8%)
Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 B97		1,977 (-22.2%)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs AMD Phenom II X4 B97		2,657 (+4.6%)
AMD Phenom II X4 975 vs AMD Phenom II X4 B97		2,610 (+2.7%)
Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.67GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 B97		2,545 (+0.2%)
AMD Athlon II X4 645 vs AMD Phenom II X4 B97		2,370 (-6.7%)
AMD Phenom II X4 910e vs AMD Phenom II X4 B97		2,148 (-15.4%)
Intel Core i5-655K @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 B97		2,017 (-20.6%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q8300 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 B97		1,915 (-24.6%)
AMD A10-5800K APU vs AMD Phenom II X4 B97		2,968 (+16.8%)
AMD A8-5600K APU vs AMD Phenom II X4 B97		2,861 (+12.6%)
Intel Core i5-2390T @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 B97		2,491 (-2.0%)

Is the AMD Phenom II X4 B97 Good for Gaming?
As of 17th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,420
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,134
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,253
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,803
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,507
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,495
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,270
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,629
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,495
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,477
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,407
AMD Phenom II X4 B97		355

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