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CPU

AMD

AMD Phenom II X2 B59

Processor

CPU cores: 2
Thermal design power: 80 W

Benchmark results

PassMark · version unreported · cpuMark1,392^*Platform unreported Compare results
PassMark · version unreported · threadMark1,384^*Platform unreported Compare results
Reported score · version unreported · mark2,150^*Platform unreported Compare results

Processing & platform

CPU cores: 2
L3 cache: 6 MB
Architecture: K10^*
Socket / package: AM3

Cache hierarchy

L3 / total
Level
L3
Scope
total
Size
6 MB

Compatible sockets

Power specifications

Thermal design power: 80 W

System configuration

Detailed specifications

Specifications 1 · 11 fields

name: AMD Phenom II X2 B59^*
cores: 2^*
logicals: 1^*
samples: 52^*
price: 48.02^*
tdp: 80^*
date: 2012-01-01^*
socket: AM2+/AM3^*
speed: 3,400^*
turbo: 0^*
cpuCount: 1^*

Specifications 2 · 2 fields

brand: AMD^*
name: AMD Phenom II X2 B59^*

Specifications 3 · 10 fields

name: AMD Phenom II X2 B59^*
socket: AM2+/AM3^*
price: $19.98^*
mark: 2,150^*
value: 107.62^*
single thread: 1,146^*
single thread value: 57.39^*
tdp: 80^*
powerperf: 26^*
testdate: Jan 2012^*

Specifications 4 · 5 fields

microarchitecture

K10^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: AMD Phenom II X2 B59^*
catalogue_reference: AMD Phenom II X2 B59^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

Reported core clock

3.4^* GHz

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: AMD Phenom II X2 B59^*
catalogue_reference: AMD Phenom II X2 B59^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Source calls this core clock; it is not relabelled as base, sustained or gaming clock.^*

core count

2^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: AMD Phenom II X2 B59^*
catalogue_reference: AMD Phenom II X2 B59^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

name

AMD Phenom II X2 B59^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: AMD Phenom II X2 B59^*
catalogue_reference: AMD Phenom II X2 B59^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

tdp

80^* W

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: AMD Phenom II X2 B59^*
catalogue_reference: AMD Phenom II X2 B59^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

Specifications 5 · 11 fields

cpuName

AMD Phenom II X2 B59^*

Scope and conditions

benchmark_context

suite: PassMark^*
test_configuration_verified: No^*
comparable: No^*

testDate

2,012^*

Scope and conditions

benchmark_context

suite: PassMark^*
test_configuration_verified: No^*
comparable: No^*

socket

AM2+/AM3^*

Scope and conditions

benchmark_context

suite: PassMark^*
test_configuration_verified: No^*
comparable: No^*

price

48.02^*

Scope and conditions

benchmark_context

suite: PassMark^*
test_configuration_verified: No^*
comparable: No^*

cpuMark

1,392^*

Scope and conditions

benchmark_context

suite: PassMark^*
test_configuration_verified: No^*
comparable: No^*

cpuValue

28.98^*

Scope and conditions

benchmark_context

suite: PassMark^*
test_configuration_verified: No^*
comparable: No^*

threadMark

1,384^*

Scope and conditions

benchmark_context

suite: PassMark^*
test_configuration_verified: No^*
comparable: No^*

threadValue

28.82^*

Scope and conditions

benchmark_context

suite: PassMark^*
test_configuration_verified: No^*
comparable: No^*

TDP

80^*

Scope and conditions

benchmark_context

suite: PassMark^*
test_configuration_verified: No^*
comparable: No^*

powerPerf

17.4^*

Scope and conditions

benchmark_context

suite: PassMark^*
test_configuration_verified: No^*
comparable: No^*

cores

2^*

Scope and conditions

benchmark_context

suite: PassMark^*
test_configuration_verified: No^*
comparable: No^*

* Provisional data