AMD Phenom II X2 B59

Price and performance details for the AMD Phenom II X2 B59 can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

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The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
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AMD Phenom II X2 B59

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM2+/AM3

Clockspeed: 3.4 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 512 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB

Other names: AMD Phenom(tm) II X2 B59 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2012

CPUmark/$Price: 29.80

Overall Rank:
3280th fastest in multithreading out of 4757 CPUs
2357th fastest in single threading out of 4757 CPUs
1015th fastest in out of 1368 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $48.02 USD (2021-08-24)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1431

Single Thread Rating

1395

Samples: 52*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,097
Thread: 1,144

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Phenom II X2 B59

Integer Math	4,214 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	3,132 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	10 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,831 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	383.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	29,852 KBytes/Sec
Physics	158 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	677 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,395 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of July 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom II X2 B59

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From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of July 2024.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 16th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,260
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,472
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,156
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,622
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,043
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,898
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,287
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,755
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,537
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,177
AMD Phenom II X2 B59		1,431

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 16th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		236.83
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		168.46
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		167.33
Intel Core i9-12900K		150.53
Intel Core i9-13900K		134.68
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.65
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		55.42
AMD Phenom II X2 B59		29.80
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 16th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,630
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,166
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,033
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,921
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,837
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,697
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,360
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,930
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,567
AMD Phenom II X2 B59		1,395

Last 4 Baselines for AMD Phenom II X2 B59
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1620994 - Aug 30 2022		1471
BL1585405 - Jun 23 2022		1510
BL1497303 - Jan 15 2022		1500
BL1303869 - Oct 05 2020		1353

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom II X2 B59
As of 16th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom II X2 B59		1,431
Intel Pentium G630 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 B59		1,328 (-7.2%)
AMD Athlon II X2 270 vs AMD Phenom II X2 B59		1,301 (-9.1%)
Intel Celeron G550 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 B59		1,255 (-12.3%)
Intel Pentium E5800 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 B59		1,171 (-18.2%)
Intel Pentium G2030 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 B59		1,749 (+22.2%)
AMD Athlon II X2 B28 vs AMD Phenom II X2 B59		1,269 (-11.3%)
Intel Celeron G1620 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 B59		1,560 (+9.0%)
Intel Celeron G1610 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 B59		1,517 (+6.0%)
AMD A6-5400K APU vs AMD Phenom II X2 B59		1,270 (-11.2%)
Intel Pentium G840 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 B59		1,253 (-12.4%)
Intel Celeron G1820 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 B59		1,709 (+19.4%)
Intel Pentium G2020T @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Phenom II X2 B59		1,430 (-0.1%)

Is the AMD Phenom II X2 B59 Good for Gaming?
As of 16th of July 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,335
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,273
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,030
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,525
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,388
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,112
Intel Core i9-14900KF		8,009
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,884
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,790
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,746
Intel Core i7-14700K		7,536
Intel Core i7-14700KF		7,536
AMD Phenom II X2 B59		692

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