AMD Phenom II X4 965
In gaming terms, an older chip that limits most recent games. It outscores 6% of the 133 processors in our index .
- Index
- 11/100
- Rank
- #124
- Cores / threads
- 4/4
- Top speed
- 3.4 GHz
- Power
- 125 W
Graphics cards that match it
Recent cards the AMD Phenom II X4 965 keeps fully used at 1440p without much processor to spare, by our bottleneck model.
No close match in our index — try a specific pairing in the bottleneck calculator.
Games it handles, by the processor requirement
Against the 191 released games whose publisher names a processor we can place.
- 70 recommended processor or better 37%
- 8 minimum only 4%
- 113 below minimum 59%
Upcoming releases on the AMD Phenom II X4 965
Unreleased games whose publishers have already named a processor.
Recommended spec 0
None
Minimum spec 0
None
Below minimum 16
- Gears of War: E-Day Oct 6, 2026
- Phantom Blade Zero Oct 28, 2026
- Sagas of Lumin Feb 4, 2027
- Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis Feb 12, 2027
- Fable Feb 23, 2027
- HUMANKIND™ 2 2027
- Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance 2027
- Outward 2 2027
- PVKK: Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant 2027
- Sea of Remnants 2027
- Chrono Odyssey To be announced
- El Paso, Elsewhere 2 To be announced
- Guild Wars 3™ To be announced
- Holstin To be announced
- Lords of the Fallen II Coming soon
- SAW: Genesis To be announced
Where the processor decides the frame rate
Games that lean on the CPU more than the graphics card, and where this chip lands against each.
- Palworld Too slow
- Baldur's Gate 3 Too slow
- HELLDIVERS™ 2 Too slow
- Path of Exile 2 Too slow
- Monster Hunter Wilds Too slow
- World of Warcraft: The War Within Too slow
- PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS Too slow
- VALORANT Minimum
Spec card
- Maker
- AMD
- Released
- 2009
- Cores
- 4
- Threads
- 4
- Base speed
- 3.4 GHz
- Top speed
- 3.4 GHz
- Rated power
- 125 W
- Tier
- F
The processors either side of it
Nearest in our index. Pick one to compare them directly.
AMD Phenom II X4 965: quick answers
Which graphics card suits the AMD Phenom II X4 965?
No card in our index is an even match for it; use the bottleneck calculator to see how far apart a specific pairing is.
Will the AMD Phenom II X4 965 run 2027 games?
Of the 16 upcoming games that name a processor, it meets the recommended one for 0, only the minimum for 0, and falls short of 16.
How many cores does the AMD Phenom II X4 965 have?
4 cores and 4 threads, with a top clock speed of 3.4 GHz.