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AMD Athlon 64 FX-59

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon 64 FX-59 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

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AMD Athlon 64 FX-59

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: 939

Clockspeed: 3.0 GHz

Cores: 1 Threads: 1

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 1 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 1 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 1 x 1024 KB

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 FX-59 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2013

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
4657th fastest in multithreading out of 5153 CPUs
4279th fastest in single threading out of 5153 CPUs
1334th fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

465

Single Thread Rating

575

^%
Samples: 1*
*Margin for error: High

^%Single thread rating may be higher than the overall rating, thread performance is just one component of the CPU Mark.

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon 64 FX-59

Integer Math	NA
Floating Point Math	NA
Find Prime Numbers	NA
Random String Sorting	NA
Data Encryption	NA
Data Compression	NA
Physics	NA
Extended Instructions	NA
Single Thread	575 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 19th of June 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon 64 FX-59

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 18th of June 2025

Not Enough Data from Current Version of PerformanceTest to Create Distribution Graph.

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 18th of June 2025.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 20th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,658
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,296
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,017
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,151
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,861
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,486
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,166
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,705
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,650
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,146
AMD Athlon 64 FX-59		465

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 20th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		227.01
Intel Core i5-12400F		186.47
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		168.17
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		150.65
Intel Core i9-12900K		136.17
Intel Core i9-13900K		133.58
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		50.46
AMD Athlon 64 FX-59		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 20th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,610
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,138
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,900
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,837
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,680
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,477
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,921
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,563
AMD Athlon 64 FX-59		575

Last 1 Baselines for AMD Athlon 64 FX-59
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL082427 - May 04 2013		716

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon 64 FX-59
As of 20th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon 64 FX-59		465
AMD Sempron 145 vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-59		538 (+15.6%)
AMD Sempron 140 vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-59		509 (+9.4%)
Intel Celeron 450 @ 2.20GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-59		433 (-6.9%)
Intel Celeron G440 @ 1.60GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-59		420 (-9.8%)
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-59		394 (-15.3%)
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-59		377 (-19.0%)
AMD Athlon 64 FX-57 vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-59		517 (+11.1%)
AMD Athlon 64 3100+ vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-59		484 (+4.1%)
AMD Athlon LE-1640 vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-59		430 (-7.6%)
AMD Athlon LE-1620 vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-59		421 (-9.5%)
AMD Sempron LE-1300 vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-59		417 (-10.4%)
AMD Athlon LE-1660 vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-59		416 (-10.5%)