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

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Phenom II X4 965 BE (125W)
2009
4 cores / 4 threads, 125 Watt
1.60

Phenom II X4 965 BE (125W) provides poor benchmark performance at 1.60% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

AMD started Phenom II X4 965 BE (125W) sales 7 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 3.4 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 the ranking2088
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processor
Power efficiency1.21of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U)
Architecture codenameDeneb (2009−2011)
Release date7 November 2009 (15 years ago)

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
Base clock speed3.4 GHzof 4.7 GHz (Ryzen 9 7900X)
Boost clock speed3.4 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache128 KB (per core)of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache6 MB (shared)of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography45 nmof 3 nm (Core Ultra 9 285K)
Die size258 mm2
Number of transistors758 millionof 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-
Unlocked multiplier+

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 (Xeon Platinum 8454H)
SocketAM3
Power consumption (TDP)125 Wattof 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H)

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

AMD-V+

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

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Phenom II X4 965 BE (125W).

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version2.0of 5.0 (EPYC 9655P)

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) 1.60

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.

Phenom II X4 965 BE (125W) 2544

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Phenom II X4 965 BE (125W)'s performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop CPUs.


Celeron G5920 101.25
Pentium G4400 101.25
Phenom II X4 965 BE (125W) 100
Core i5-750 99.38
Core i5-670 99.38

Intel equivalent

According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Phenom II X4 965 BE (125W) is Core i5-750, which is slower by 1% and lower by 5 positions in our ranking.

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

Celeron G4930 101.88
Pentium G4400 101.25
Celeron G5920 101.25
Phenom II X4 965 BE (125W) 100
Core i5-750 99.38
Core i5-670 99.38

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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 5272 configurations using Phenom II X4 965 BE (125W) in our database.

RTX 4090 GeForce RTX 4090
0.5% (24/5272)
RTX 4080 GeForce RTX 4080
0.02% (1/5272)
RX 7900 XTX Radeon RX 7900 XTX
0.02% (1/5272)
RTX 3090 Ti GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
0.04% (2/5272)
RTX 3080 Ti GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
0.2% (8/5272)
RX 6900 Radeon RX 6900
0.04% (2/5272)
RTX 3080 GeForce RTX 3080
0.02% (1/5272)
RX 7800 XT Radeon RX 7800 XT
0.1% (6/5272)
RTX 3070 Ti GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
0.02% (1/5272)
RTX 4060 Ti GeForce RTX 4060 Ti
0.04% (2/5272)

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