AMD Phenom II X3 720

Benchmarks for the AMD Phenom II X3 720 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 X3 720

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 2.8 GHz

Cores: 3 Threads: 3

Typical TDP: 95 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 3 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 3 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 3 x 512 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB

Other names: AMD Phenom(tm) II X3 720 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 24.44

Overall Rank:
3310th fastest in multithreading out of 4910 CPUs
3018th fastest in single threading out of 4910 CPUs
1004th fastest in out of 1400 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $64.45 USD (2021-06-01)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1575

Single Thread Rating

1105

Samples: 392*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,574
Thread: 953

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Phenom II X3 720

Integer Math	4,320 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	3,571 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	9 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	4,355 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	456.0 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	35,228 KBytes/Sec
Physics	178 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	733 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,105 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of December 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom II X3 720

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 20th of December 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 20th of December 2024.
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 22nd of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,920
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,434
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,100
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,599
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,098
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,888
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,251
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,742
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,582
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,153
AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,575

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 22nd of December 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		260.95
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		190.75
Intel Core i9-12900K		154.03
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		147.55
Intel Core i9-13900K		111.70
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.59
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.46
AMD Phenom II X3 720		24.44
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 22nd of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,616
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,157
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,027
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,686
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,361
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,927
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,566
AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,105

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Phenom II X3 720
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2189511 - Sep 08 2024		1858
BL2189458 - Sep 08 2024		1861
BL1860969 - Jul 15 2023		1661
BL1768413 - Mar 13 2023		1890
BL1745396 - Feb 15 2023		1843

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom II X3 720
As of 22nd of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,575
Intel Core2 Quad Q8300 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,892 (+20.1%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q8200 @ 2.33GHz vs AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,775 (+12.7%)
AMD Athlon II X3 425 vs AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,576 (+0.1%)
AMD Phenom II X3 B75 vs AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,781 (+13.1%)
AMD Phenom 8600 Triple-Core vs AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,210 (-23.2%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8600 @ 3.33GHz vs AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,378 (-12.5%)
AMD Phenom II X4 905e vs AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,936 (+22.9%)
Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,858 (+18.0%)
AMD Phenom II X3 B73 vs AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,538 (-2.4%)
AMD Athlon II X3 415e vs AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,441 (-8.5%)
AMD A6-3500 APU vs AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,420 (-9.8%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7400 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Phenom II X3 720		1,041 (-33.9%)

Is the AMD Phenom II X3 720 Good for Gaming?
As of 22nd of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,248
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,940
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,882
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,563
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,323
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,869
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,586
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,424
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,305
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,192
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,159
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		8,916
AMD Phenom II X3 720		347

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