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: 21.83

Overall Rank:
2689th fastest in multithreading out of 5062 CPUs
2343rd fastest in single threading out of 5062 CPUs
790th fastest in out of 1425 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

2839

Single Thread Rating

1511

Samples: 117*
*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	9,029 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	6,188 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	16 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	8,265 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	734.2 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	66,386 KBytes/Sec
Physics	226 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,454 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,511 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of April 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom II X4 980

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From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of April 2025.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 13th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,717
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,323
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,046
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,490
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,129
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,869
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,190
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,713
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,647
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,144
AMD Phenom II X4 980		2,839

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 13th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i9-13900K		137.04
Intel Core i9-12900K		131.67
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.33
AMD Phenom II X4 980		21.83
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 13th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,610
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,142
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,018
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,681
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,922
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,564
AMD Phenom II X4 980		1,511

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Phenom II X4 980
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1576924 - Jun 06 2022		2876
BL1392702 - Apr 09 2021		2960
BL1359135 - Jan 22 2021		2861
BL1258600 - Jun 22 2020		3152
BL1244058 - May 25 2020		2814

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom II X4 980
As of 13th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom II X4 980		2,839
Intel Core i5-2400S @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 980		3,172 (+11.8%)
Intel Core i5-2390T @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 980		2,493 (-12.2%)
AMD A10-6800K APU vs AMD Phenom II X4 980		3,187 (+12.3%)
AMD A10-7850K APU vs AMD Phenom II X4 980		3,393 (+19.5%)
AMD Athlon II X4 651 Quad-Core vs AMD Phenom II X4 980		2,443 (-13.9%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 980		2,351 (-17.2%)
Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 980		1,964 (-30.8%)
Intel Core i5-4570T @ 2.90GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 980		3,232 (+13.9%)
AMD A10-6700 APU vs AMD Phenom II X4 980		3,113 (+9.7%)
Intel Core i5-660 @ 3.33GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 980		2,416 (-14.9%)
Intel Core i3-3210 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 980		2,225 (-21.6%)
Intel Core i5-2300 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Phenom II X4 980		3,456 (+21.7%)

Is the AMD Phenom II X4 980 Good for Gaming?
As of 13th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,484
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,179
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,339
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,848
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,615
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,516
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,295
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,820
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,694
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,523
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,438
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,435
AMD Phenom II X4 980		397

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