AMD Phenom II X4 Black 980

older Released May, 2011

3.7 GHz
Quad core
Unlocked

2.5 Out of 10 CPUBoss Score

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
Phenom II X4 Black 980 3.7 FX 6300 6.1 Phenom II X4 965 4.9
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
Phenom II X4 Black 980 0.0 FX 6300 4.9 Phenom II X4 965 0.0
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

	Integrated Graphics
	Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Phenom II X4 Black 980 0.0 FX 6300 0.0 Phenom II X4 965 0.0
Fire Strike

	Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)
	Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Phenom II X4 Black 980 0.0 FX 6300 0.0 Phenom II X4 965 0.0
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

	Performance per Watt
	How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Phenom II X4 Black 980 3.2 FX 6300 5.0 Phenom II X4 965 3.4
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

	Value
	Are you paying a premium for performance?
Phenom II X4 Black 980 n.d. FX 6300 5.8 Phenom II X4 965 n.d.
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

2.5	CPUBoss Score
	Combination of all six facets
Phenom II X4 Black 980 2.5 FX 6300 4.8 Phenom II X4 965 2.7

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Phenom II X4 Black 980
6,486

7,871

Phenom II X4 965

6,266

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Phenom II X4 Black 980
1,884

2,053

Phenom II X4 965

1,774

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Phenom II X4 Black 980
149,650 MB/s

2,290,000 MB/s

Phenom II X4 965

137,800 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Phenom II X4 Black 980
6,291

7,447

Phenom II X4 965

5,974

GeekBench

Phenom II X4 Black 980
7,124

9,503

Phenom II X4 965

7,939

3D Mark 11 (Physics)

Phenom II X4 Black 980
4,260

6,080

Phenom II X4 965

4,100

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Phenom II X4 Black 980
4,527

6,444

Phenom II X4 965

5,916

PassMark (Single Core)

Phenom II X4 Black 980
1,298

1,446

Phenom II X4 965

1,361


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summary

Clock speed	3.7 GHz
Turbo clock speed	0 GHz
Cores	Quad core
Socket type	AM3
Is unlocked	Yes

features

Has a NX bit	Yes
Has virtualization support	Yes
Instruction set extensions	SSE4a 3DNow! SSE2 SSE MMX SSE3
Supports dynamic frequency scaling	Yes

power consumption

TDP	125W
Annual home energy cost	39.65 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost	144.19 $/year
Performance per watt	1.11 pt/W
Peak power consumption	164.6W
Typical power consumption	133.74W

bus

Clock speed	2,000 MHz

details

Architecture	x86-64
Threads	4 threads
L2 cache	2 MB
L2 cache per core	0.5 MB/core
L3 cache	6 MB
L3 cache per core	1.5 MB/core
Manufacture process	45 nm
Max CPUs	1

overclocking

Overclock popularity	29
Overclocked clock speed	4.27 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	3.7 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	4.27 GHz

integrated graphics

GPU	None
Label	None
Latest DirectX	None
Number of displays supported	None
GPU clock speed	None
Turbo clock speed	None
3DMark06	None

memory controller

Memory controller	Built-in
Memory type	DDR3

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