AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6400+

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6400+ 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 6400+

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM2

Clockspeed: 3.2 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 125 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 1024 KB

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6400+

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2008

CPUmark/$Price: 3.82

Overall Rank:
4360th fastest in multithreading out of 5441 CPUs
3387th fastest in single threading out of 5441 CPUs
1258th fastest in out of 1475 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $249.95 USD (2020-07-07)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

954

Single Thread Rating

1126

^%
Samples: 240*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,729
Thread: 986

^%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 6400+

Integer Math	3,469 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,126 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,036 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	293.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	22,599 KBytes/Sec
Physics	83 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	316 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,126 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of November 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6400+

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 6th of November 2025

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

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 6th of November 2025.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 10th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,561
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,422
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,961
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,152
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,848
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,513
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,117
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,687
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,651
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,145
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6400+		954

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 10th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		263.98
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		183.61
Intel Core i5-12400F		145.35
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		138.15
Intel Core i9-14900K		127.59
Intel Core i9-13900K		103.40
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		47.80
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6400+		3.82
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 10th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,697
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,602
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,892
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,834
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,678
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,485
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,468
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,916
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,561
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6400+		1,126

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6400+
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2948272 - Oct 02 2025		618
BL2323143 - Jan 05 2025		808
BL1851949 - Jul 03 2023		1174
BL1851508 - Jul 02 2023		1145
BL1778497 - Mar 25 2023		1148

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6400+
As of 10th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6400+		954
Intel Core2 Extreme X6800 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6400+		1,118 (+17.2%)
AMD Athlon 64 FX-62 Dual Core vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6400+		993 (+4.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7500 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6400+		1,156 (+21.2%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6400+		807 (-15.4%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7400 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6400+		1,043 (+9.4%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6400+		1,027 (+7.6%)
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6400+		1,004 (+5.2%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6400+		942 (-1.2%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6600 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6400+		937 (-1.7%)
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6400+		933 (-2.1%)
Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6400+		933 (-2.2%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6400+		912 (-4.4%)

Is the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6400+ Good for Gaming?
As of 10th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,424
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,136
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,256
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,802
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,504
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,496
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,271
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,779
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,613
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,501
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,482
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,427
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6400+		226

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