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AMD Athlon 64 FX-72

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 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-72

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: F (1207)

Clockspeed: 2.8 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 125 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 1024 KB

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 FX-72 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2009

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
4301st fastest in multithreading out of 5819 CPUs
Insufficient data samples to calculate single thread ranking.
1234th fastest in out of 1557 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
1167
Samples: 1*
*Margin for error: High

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon 64 FX-72

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 13th of March 2026


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

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of March 2026.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 14th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K
 58,416
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,255
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 38,935
Apple M4 10 Core
 23,685
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F
 19,596
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,075
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,677
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,644
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,130
AMD Athlon 64 FX-72
 1,167
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 14th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 192.75
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 159.01
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 144.67
Intel Core i9-14900K
 124.56
Intel Core i9-13900K
 107.88
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 60.54
Intel Core i5-12400F
 42.90
AMD Athlon 64 FX-72
 NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 NA
Apple M4 10 Core
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 14th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K
 4,693
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,599
Apple M4 10 Core
 4,514
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,675
Intel Core i5-12400F
 3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,366
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,913
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,560
AMD Athlon 64 FX-72
 NA
Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon 64 FX-72
As of 14th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon 64 FX-72
 1,167
Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-72
 1,302 (+11.6%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8400 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-72
 1,220 (+4.6%)
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-72
 1,184 (+1.5%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7500 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-72
 1,158 (-0.7%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7400 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-72
 1,050 (-10.0%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-72
 1,027 (-12.0%)
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-72
 1,009 (-13.6%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-72
 945 (-19.0%)
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-72
 941 (-19.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6600 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-72
 938 (-19.6%)
Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-72
 936 (-19.8%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-72
 904 (-22.5%)