AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+

Price and performance details for the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+ can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

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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 3600+

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM2

Clockspeed: 2.0 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 65 W

Cache Size: L1: 256 KB, L2: 0.5 MB,

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

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2008

CPUmark/$Price: 8.94

Overall Rank: 3795

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

Average CPU Mark

610

Single Thread Rating: 661²
Samples: 179*
*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	2,218 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,390 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	3 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	1,898 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	190.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	13,999 KBytes/Sec
Physics	61 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	199 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	661 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 23rd of September 2023.

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

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 19th of September 2023

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

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 19th of September 2023.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 23rd of September 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,760
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,470
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,747
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		22,632
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,068
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,935
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,425
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,785
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,474
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,252
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		610

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 23rd of September 2023 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		213.02
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		153.99
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		140.24
Intel Core i9-12900K		117.48
Intel Core i9-13900K		104.85
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.96
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		32.61
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		8.94
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 23rd of September 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,666
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,195
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,053
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,959
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,844
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,715
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,359
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,942
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		2,663
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,569
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		661

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1737954 - Feb 05 2023		593
BL1706039 - Dec 28 2022		713
BL1699224 - Dec 19 2022		691
BL1699150 - Dec 19 2022		687
BL1699053 - Dec 19 2022		643

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 23rd of September 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		610
Intel Pentium E2200 @ 2.20GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		712 (+16.8%)
Intel Celeron E1400 @ 2.00GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		709 (+16.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8400 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		1,192 (+95.4%)
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		960 (+57.4%)
Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		927 (+52.0%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5400+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		907 (+48.7%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		841 (+38.0%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 5050e vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		809 (+32.6%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6420 @ 2.13GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		756 (+23.9%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		740 (+21.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4500 @ 2.20GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		739 (+21.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6320 @ 1.86GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		717 (+17.6%)

Is the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+ Good for Gaming?
As of 23rd of September 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,190
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,104
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,556
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,430
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,818
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,812
Intel Core i9-13900KF		7,533
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D		7,235
Intel Core i9-13900		6,923
Intel Core i9-13900F		6,878
Intel Core i7-13700K		6,854
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X		6,802
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+		148

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