AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+ 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.
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AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM2

Clockspeed: 2.0 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 65 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 256 KB

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3600+

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2008

CPUmark/$Price: 9.05

Overall Rank:
4776th fastest in multithreading out of 5459 CPUs
4360th fastest in single threading out of 5459 CPUs
1331st fastest in out of 1475 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $68.25 USD (2021-01-31)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

618

Single Thread Rating

655

^%
Samples: 185*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 928
Thread: 591

^%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 X2 Dual Core 3600+

Integer Math	2,248 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,380 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	3 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	1,852 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	192.5 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	13,823 KBytes/Sec
Physics	60 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	204 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	655 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 18th of November 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 13th of November 2025

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

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of November 2025.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 19th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,564
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,394
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,959
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,147
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,847
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,522
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,113
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,686
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,653
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,146
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		618

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 19th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		260.09
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		169.50
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		157.71
Intel Core i9-14900K		127.59
Intel Core i5-12400F		126.25
Intel Core i9-13900K		102.16
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		53.75
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		9.05
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 19th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,697
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,602
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,892
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,833
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,678
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,485
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,468
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,916
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,561
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		655

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2646625 - May 23 2025		390
BL2644511 - May 23 2025		594
BL5068575 - Jul 14 2024		681
BL5068181 - Jul 09 2024		746
BL2046555 - Mar 09 2024		681

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+
As of 19th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		618
Intel Celeron E1400 @ 2.00GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		735 (+19.0%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core TK-55 vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		518 (-16.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6300 @ 1.86GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		652 (+5.5%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5400+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		907 (+46.8%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		858 (+38.8%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 5050e vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		846 (+36.9%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		772 (+25.0%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4500 @ 2.20GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		745 (+20.6%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		730 (+18.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6320 @ 1.86GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		724 (+17.2%)
Intel Pentium D 830 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		579 (-6.2%)
Intel Pentium E2140 @ 1.60GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		534 (-13.5%)

Is the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+ Good for Gaming?
As of 19th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,420
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,133
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,253
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,802
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,507
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,494
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,270
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,629
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,497
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,473
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,402
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		147

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