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Real World Speed
Performance profile from 43,442 user samples
43,442 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 61% Base clock 4.4 GHz
Worst Bench: 35% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Poor: 35% Great: 61%
SPEED RANK: 751st / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 53%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 55%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 37%
Jet ski
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
52.6 % 104 % Hugely faster effective speed.
+97%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
76.9 Pts 82.4 Pts Slightly lower memory latency.
+7%
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
47.8 Pts 182 Pts Hugely faster single-core speed.
+281%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
94.8 Pts 355 Pts Hugely faster dual-core speed.
+275%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
165 Pts 670 Pts Hugely faster quad-core speed.
+306%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
171 Pts 1,097 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+542%
Memory
OC Memory Latency
88.9 Pts 91.4 Pts +3%
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
56.5 Pts 192 Pts Hugely faster OC single-core speed.
+239%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
112 Pts 379 Pts Hugely faster OC dual-core speed.
+238%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
208 Pts 734 Pts Hugely faster OC quad-core speed.
+253%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
210 Pts 1,183 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+463%
Market Share
Based on 69,050,706 CPUs tested
User Rating
UBM User Rating
56 % 94.2 % Much more popular.
+68%
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.01 % 0.83 % Insanely higher market share.
+8,189%
Price
Price (score)
$144 +2% 148 USD
Value
Value For Money
63 % 127 % Hugely better value.
+101%
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
125 Watts 83.4 Watts Much more energy efficient.
+50%
Cores
CPU Processing Cores
4 cores 8.89 cores Hugely higher core count.
+122%
Threads
CPU Processing Threads
4 threads 14.7 threads Hugely higher thread count.
+267%
Lithography
Manufacturing process
45 nm 9.33 nm Hugely newer manufacturing.
+382%
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed
3.4 GHz +3% 3.29 GHz
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
3.4 GHz 4.69 GHz Much faster turbo frequency.
+38%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
209 Pts 1,697 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+712%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
172 Pts 1,595 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+827%
Age
Newest
188 Months 33 Months Hugely more recent.
+470%
Series
CPU Architecture
K10   —
Socket
Motherboard Socket
AM2+ AM3   —
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
None   —

At nearly five years of age the AMD Phenom II X4 965 has been included in the CPU group test primarily as a reference. This hugely successful CPU from AMD has been one of the most popular gaming PC's of all time. With superb Single threaded, and therefore real-world performance, the X4 was able to compete with Intel's first generation of Core chips in terms of raw processing power and it did so at a lower price point. Today of course the X4 processor has been far surpassed by Intel's third and fourth generation Core processors. [Feb '12 CPUPro]

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