Phenom II X4 965 BE (125W): specs and benchmarks

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Phenom II X4 965 BE (125W)
2009
4 cores / 4 threads
1.64

It provides poor benchmark performance at 1.64% of a leader's which is Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.

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Summary

AMD started Phenom II X4 965 BE (125W) sales on November 2009. This is a Deneb architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 45 nm manufacturing technology, with a max turbo frequency of 3400 MHz and an unlocked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket AM3 processor with a TDP of 125 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.

Primary Details

Phenom II X4 965 BE (125W) processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance ranking1961
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation1.93
Market segmentDesktop processor
Architecture codenameDeneb (2009−2011)
Release dateNovember 2009 (14 years ago)
Current price$88 of 15701 (Xeon Platinum 8276L)

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed Specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)
Threads4
Boost clock speed3.4 GHzof 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache128 KB (per core)of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)of 98304 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX)
L3 cache6 MB (shared)of 768 (EPYC 7373X)
Chip lithography45 nmof 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size258 mm2
Number of transistors758 millionof 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-
Unlocked multiplierYes

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 965 BE (125W) compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketAM3
Power consumption (TDP)125 Wattof 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 965 BE (125W)'s memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Phenom II X4 965 BE (125W). Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Phenom II X4 965 BE (125W) 1.64

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Phenom II X4 965 BE (125W) 2544

Gaming performance

Relative performance

Overall Phenom II X4 965 BE (125W) performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop CPUs.


Phenom II X4 965 BE (125W) 100

Intel equivalent

According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Phenom II X4 965 BE (125W) is Core i5-750, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 2 positions in our ranking.

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Here are some closest Intel rivals to Phenom II X4 965 BE (125W):

Pentium G4400 101.83
Phenom II X4 965 BE (125W) 100

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Recommended GPUs

People consider these graphics cards to be good for Phenom II X4 965 BE (125W), according to our PC configuration statistics.

These are the fastest graphics cards for Phenom II X4 965 BE (125W) in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 5040 configurations based on Phenom II X4 965 BE (125W) in our database.

RTX 4090 GeForce RTX 4090
0.4% (21/5040)
RTX 4080 GeForce RTX 4080
0.02% (1/5040)
RTX 3090 Ti GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
0.04% (2/5040)
RTX 3080 Ti GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
0.2% (8/5040)
RTX 3090 GeForce RTX 3090
0.04% (2/5040)
RTX 3080 GeForce RTX 3080
0.02% (1/5040)
RX 7800 XT Radeon RX 7800 XT
0.1% (5/5040)
RTX 3070 Ti GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
0.02% (1/5040)
RTX 4060 Ti GeForce RTX 4060 Ti
0.02% (1/5040)
RTX 3070 GeForce RTX 3070
0.02% (1/5040)

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