AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+

Price and performance details for the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ can be found below. 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 Size: L1: 256 KB, L2: 1.0 MB,

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: 6.27

Overall Rank: 3792

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

Average CPU Mark

689

Single Thread Rating: 782²
Samples: 1002*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,074
Thread: 670

²Single 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	2,615 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,567 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	3 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,290 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	209.5 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	16,837 KBytes/Sec
Physics	65 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	229 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	782 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of December 2023.

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

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 4th of December 2023

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of December 2023.
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 9th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,534
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,402
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,712
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		22,607
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,030
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,927
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,380
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,779
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,408
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,198
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		689

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 9th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		212.95
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		153.82
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		140.19
Intel Core i9-12900K		117.29
Intel Core i9-13900K		104.45
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.87
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		32.53
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		6.27
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 9th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,648
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,185
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,049
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,943
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,841
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,708
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,360
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,939
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		2,662
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,569
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		782

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1879294 - Aug 09 2023		812
BL1862431 - Jul 16 2023		771
BL1630043 - Sep 15 2022		813
BL1615742 - Aug 20 2022		583
BL1614341 - Aug 18 2022		777

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 9th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		689
Intel Core2 Duo E6300 @ 1.86GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		625 (-9.2%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 5000B vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		856 (+24.3%)
AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core BE-2300 vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		570 (-17.2%)
Intel Celeron E1200 @ 1.60GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		551 (-20.0%)
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		962 (+39.6%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7500 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		1,128 (+63.8%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		912 (+32.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4600 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		860 (+24.8%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		839 (+21.7%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 5050e vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		809 (+17.4%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		774 (+12.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		767 (+11.4%)

Is the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ Good for Gaming?
As of 9th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,226
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,075
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,568
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,423
Intel Core i9-14900KF		8,392
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,230
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,896
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,809
Intel Core i5-14600K		7,684
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7945WX		7,602
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,544
Intel Core i9-13900KF		7,517
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		166

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