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: 6.65

Overall Rank:
4241st fastest in multithreading out of 5039 CPUs
3743rd fastest in single threading out of 5039 CPUs
1251st fastest in out of 1422 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

731

Single Thread Rating

803

²
Samples: 1011*
*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	2,752 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,638 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	4 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,274 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	226.2 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	17,306 KBytes/Sec
Physics	67 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	246 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	803 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 31st of March 2025.

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

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 27th of March 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 27th of March 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 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,757
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,335
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,050
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,492
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,126
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,870
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,195
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,717
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,640
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,146
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		731

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		224.27
Intel Core i9-13900K		108.61
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.33
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		6.65
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		NA
Intel Core i9-12900K		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,612
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,144
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,018
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,682
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,923
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,564
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		803

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL5075735 - Oct 13 2024		795
BL2217758 - Oct 12 2024		777
BL2205036 - Sep 27 2024		803
BL2184417 - Sep 01 2024		967
BL2183195 - Aug 31 2024		818

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 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		731
Intel Core2 Duo E6300 @ 1.86GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		652 (-10.9%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		909 (+24.3%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 5000B vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		856 (+17.1%)
AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core BE-2300 vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		570 (-22.0%)
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		989 (+35.3%)
Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		916 (+25.3%)
AMD Athlon 5000 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		872 (+19.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		1,290 (+76.4%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		905 (+23.7%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4600 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		875 (+19.6%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		850 (+16.2%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 5050e vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		846 (+15.7%)

Is the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ Good for Gaming?
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,190
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,360
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,855
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,599
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,539
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,295
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,824
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,702
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,533
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,449
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,431
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		9,328
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+		171

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