AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+ 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.

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AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM2

Clockspeed: 2.0 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 256 KB

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3600+

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2008

CPUmark/$Price: 9.27

Overall Rank:
4214th fastest in multithreading out of 4890 CPUs
3848th fastest in single threading out of 4890 CPUs
1251st fastest in out of 1398 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $68.25 USD (2021-01-31)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

633

Single Thread Rating

666

²
Samples: 183*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 928
Thread: 591

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 3600+

Integer Math	2,285 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,421 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	3 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	1,912 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	198.0 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	14,276 KBytes/Sec
Physics	62 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	209 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	666 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of November 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 16th of November 2024

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

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 16th of November 2024.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,005
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,472
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,113
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,594
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,077
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,887
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,259
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,747
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,568
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,156
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		633

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		273.92
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		208.45
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		172.34
Intel Core i9-12900K		155.33
Intel Core i9-13900K		147.52
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.58
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.46
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		9.27
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 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,620
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,161
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,028
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,835
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,687
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,361
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,928
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,567
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		666

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL5068575 - Jul 14 2024		681
BL5068181 - Jul 09 2024		746
BL2046555 - Mar 09 2024		681
BL2045661 - Mar 08 2024		719
BL1737954 - Feb 05 2023		593

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		633
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core TK-55 vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		518 (-18.1%)
Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		902 (+42.6%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6300 @ 1.86GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		640 (+1.1%)
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		975 (+54.1%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5400+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		907 (+43.3%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		851 (+34.6%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 5050e vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		846 (+33.7%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		787 (+24.4%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 4850e vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		783 (+23.7%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		780 (+23.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6420 @ 2.13GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		760 (+20.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4500 @ 2.20GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		734 (+16.0%)

Is the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+ Good for Gaming?
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,240
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		11,301
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,891
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,715
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,330
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		10,235
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,873
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,663
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,486
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,267
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,254
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		8,942
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		150

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