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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Is the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ Good for Gaming?

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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: 6.63

Overall Rank:
4355th fastest in multithreading out of 5157 CPUs
3849th fastest in single threading out of 5157 CPUs
1279th fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

729

Single Thread Rating

804

^%
Samples: 1012*
*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	2,743 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,636 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	4 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,260 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	225.5 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	17,160 KBytes/Sec
Physics	67 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	245 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	804 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 23rd of June 2025.

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

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 17th of June 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of June 2025.
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 24th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,652
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,297
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,014
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,143
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,861
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,487
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,164
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,704
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,655
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,147
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		729

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 24th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		236.09
Intel Core i5-12400F		196.84
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		162.56
Intel Core i9-13900K		146.63
Intel Core i9-12900K		142.65
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		131.36
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.22
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		6.63
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 24th 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		3,901
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
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 X2 Dual Core 4200+		804

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2527968 - Apr 03 2025		643
BL5075735 - Oct 13 2024		795
BL2217758 - Oct 12 2024		777
BL2205036 - Sep 27 2024		803
BL2184417 - Sep 01 2024		967

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 24th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		729
Intel Core2 Duo E6300 @ 1.86GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		652 (-10.6%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		909 (+24.8%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 5000B vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		856 (+17.5%)
AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core BE-2350 vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		591 (-18.8%)
AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core BE-2300 vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		570 (-21.7%)
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		995 (+36.6%)
Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		928 (+27.4%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		1,294 (+77.6%)
AMD Athlon 7850 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		1,058 (+45.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		909 (+24.7%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4600 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		875 (+20.1%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		850 (+16.6%)

Is the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ Good for Gaming?
As of 24th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,448
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,149
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,300
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,841
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,587
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,484
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,276
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,809
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,804
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,640
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,529
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,517
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		171

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