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AMDHDZ965FBGMBOX
$144

4 Cores, 4 Threads @2.5 GHz, Sandy Bridge.
Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

 $144 

4 Cores, 4 Threads @3.4GHz, K10.
Release date: Q1 2009.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 54,429 user samples
10,987 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 68% Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 46% Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
Poor: 46% Great: 68%
SPEED RANK: 601st / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 60%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 44%
Speed boat
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
60.4 % Faster effective speed.
+15%
52.6 %
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
81.1 Pts Slightly lower memory latency.
+5%
76.9 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
70.6 Pts Much faster single-core speed.
+48%
47.8 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
133 Pts Much faster dual-core speed.
+40%
94.8 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
230 Pts Much faster quad-core speed.
+39%
165 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
236 Pts Much faster octa-core speed.
+38%
171 Pts
Memory
OC Memory Latency
91.4 Pts +3% 88.9 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
84.5 Pts Much faster OC single-core speed.
+50%
56.5 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
157 Pts Much faster OC dual-core speed.
+40%
112 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
272 Pts Much faster OC quad-core speed.
+31%
208 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
271 Pts Faster OC octa-core speed.
+29%
210 Pts
Market Share
Based on 68,944,306 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.01 % 0.01 %
Value
Value For Money
92 % Much better value.
+46%
63 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
52 % 56 % Slightly more popular.
+8%
Price
Price (score)
$60 Much cheaper.
+58%
$144
Age
Newest
131+ Months Much more recent.
+30%
188 Months
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
271 Pts Faster OC 64-core speed.
+30%
209 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
238 Pts Much faster 64-core speed.
+38%
172 Pts

I use it on iMac 2011 and it’s ok, fast for most tasks. [Mar '20 Thibs]

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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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