AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ 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 4200+

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM2

Clockspeed: 2.2 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 89 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 512 KB

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+, AMD Athlon(tm)64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+, AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+, AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core CPU 4200+

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2008

CPUmark/$Price: 6.64

Overall Rank:
4789th fastest in multithreading out of 5787 CPUs
4181st fastest in single threading out of 5787 CPUs
1348th fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $109.95 USD (2020-08-21)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

730

Single Thread Rating

803

^%
Samples: 1015*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,074
Thread: 670

^%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 4200+

Integer Math	2,742 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,631 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	3 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,253 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	228.0 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	17,175 KBytes/Sec
Physics	66 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	245 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	803 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 11th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th of February 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 15th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,450
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,291
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,940
Apple M4 10 Core		23,701
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,843
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,582
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,084
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,679
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,640
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		730

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 15th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		136.53
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		130.23
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.63
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.39
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		117.87
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.95
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.60
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		6.64
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 15th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,694
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,600
Apple M4 10 Core		4,516
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,676
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,365
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,914
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,560
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		803

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3037598 - Nov 08 2025		776
BL3007760 - Oct 27 2025		725
BL2805784 - Aug 01 2025		730
BL2527968 - Apr 03 2025		643
BL5075735 - Oct 13 2024		795

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+
As of 15th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		730
Intel Core2 Duo E6300 @ 1.86GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		657 (-10.1%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		912 (+24.9%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 5000B vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		856 (+17.3%)
AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core BE-2350 vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		591 (-19.0%)
AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core BE-2300 vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		570 (-21.9%)
AMD Athlon 5000 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		872 (+19.5%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		1,302 (+78.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		904 (+23.9%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4600 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		881 (+20.6%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		854 (+16.9%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 5050e vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		846 (+15.9%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		805 (+10.3%)

Is the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ Good for Gaming?
As of 15th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,430
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,258
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,793
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,517
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,381
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,258
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,192
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,775
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		169

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