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AMD Athlon II X4 600e

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon II X4 600e 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.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Is the AMD Athlon II X4 600e Good for Gaming?

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AMD Athlon II X4 600e

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3

Clockspeed: 2.2 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 4

Typical TDP: 45 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 512 KB

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 600e Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 90.41

Overall Rank:
3673rd fastest in multithreading out of 5487 CPUs
3891st fastest in single threading out of 5487 CPUs
1041st fastest in out of 1484 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $19.85 USD (2022-07-13)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1795

Single Thread Rating

913

Samples: 22*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,454
Thread: 758

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon II X4 600e

Integer Math	5,235 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	3,748 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	10 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	4,855 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	518.2 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	38,909 KBytes/Sec
Physics	176 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,018 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	913 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th of December 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon II X4 600e

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 11th of December 2025

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

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th of December 2025.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 11th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,548
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,356
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,952
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,148
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,845
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,544
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,109
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,685
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,651
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,144
AMD Athlon II X4 600e		1,795

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 11th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		282.23
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		160.91
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		159.58
Intel Core i9-14900K		133.16
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.16
Intel Core i9-13900K		106.30
AMD Athlon II X4 600e		90.41
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		53.74
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 11th 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		3,889
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 II X4 600e		913

Last 1 Baselines for AMD Athlon II X4 600e
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2042618 - Mar 05 2024		1878

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon II X4 600e
As of 11th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon II X4 600e		1,795
AMD Athlon II X4 605e vs AMD Athlon II X4 600e		1,964 (+9.4%)
AMD Phenom II X4 830 vs AMD Athlon II X4 600e		2,089 (+16.4%)
AMD Phenom 9550 Quad-Core vs AMD Athlon II X4 600e		1,667 (-7.1%)
AMD Athlon II X4 610e vs AMD Athlon II X4 600e		1,959 (+9.2%)
AMD Athlon II X4 635 vs AMD Athlon II X4 600e		2,248 (+25.3%)
Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon II X4 600e		2,160 (+20.4%)
AMD Athlon II X3 460 vs AMD Athlon II X4 600e		1,965 (+9.5%)
AMD A6-3620 APU vs AMD Athlon II X4 600e		1,877 (+4.6%)
Intel Core i3-550 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD Athlon II X4 600e		1,632 (-9.1%)
Intel Core i3-540 @ 3.07GHz vs AMD Athlon II X4 600e		1,555 (-13.3%)
Intel Core i3-530 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Athlon II X4 600e		1,516 (-15.5%)
AMD Phenom 8600B Triple-Core vs AMD Athlon II X4 600e		1,464 (-18.4%)

Is the AMD Athlon II X4 600e Good for Gaming?
As of 11th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,444
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,126
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,255
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,796
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,513
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,448
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,270
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,246
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,670
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,477
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,412
AMD Athlon II X4 600e		213