AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+ 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 4600+

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM2

Clockspeed: 2.4 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 512 KB

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+, AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+, AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Processor 4600+

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2008

CPUmark/$Price: 2.06

Overall Rank:
4666th fastest in multithreading out of 5476 CPUs
4044th fastest in single threading out of 5476 CPUs
1317th fastest in out of 1484 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $349.95 USD (2020-07-07)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

720

Single Thread Rating

835

^%
Samples: 442*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,214
Thread: 728

^%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 4600+

Integer Math	2,624 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,663 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	3 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,392 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	223.3 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	17,630 KBytes/Sec
Physics	69 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	246 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	835 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 5th of December 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 3rd of December 2025

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 3rd of December 2025.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 5th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,545
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,364
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,954
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,145
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,845
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,538
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,109
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,685
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,652
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,145
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		720

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 5th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		264.00
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		167.50
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		159.58
Intel Core i9-14900K		133.36
Intel Core i5-12400F		114.26
Intel Core i9-13900K		106.12
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		53.74
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		2.06
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 5th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,696
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,601
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,890
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,833
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,678
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,487
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,915
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,561
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		835

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1968091 - Dec 12 2023		897
BL1803353 - Apr 25 2023		584
BL5026061 - Nov 14 2022		895
BL1656174 - Oct 24 2022		565
BL1483069 - Dec 21 2021		872

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+
As of 5th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		720
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		807 (+12.0%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		675 (-6.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		774 (+7.4%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4500 @ 2.20GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		745 (+3.4%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		730 (+1.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6300 @ 1.86GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		652 (-9.5%)
Intel Pentium D 830 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		579 (-19.6%)
Intel Core2 Extreme X6800 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		1,118 (+55.2%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4600 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		881 (+22.3%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		858 (+19.0%)
Intel Pentium E2220 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		855 (+18.7%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 5050e vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		846 (+17.4%)

Is the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+ Good for Gaming?
As of 5th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,439
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,126
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,256
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,798
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,509
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,452
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,284
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,270
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,777
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,649
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,484
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,421
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		177

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