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AMD Athlon 64 FX-74

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 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 FX-74

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: F (1207)

Clockspeed: 3.0 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 FX-74 Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 1.95

Overall Rank:
3985th fastest in multithreading out of 5062 CPUs
4094th fastest in single threading out of 5062 CPUs
1203rd fastest in out of 1425 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $499.50 USD (2006-11-30)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

972

Single Thread Rating

617

Samples: 2*
*Margin for error: High

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon 64 FX-74

Integer Math	NA
Floating Point Math	NA
Find Prime Numbers	NA
Random String Sorting	NA
Data Encryption	NA
Data Compression	NA
Physics	NA
Extended Instructions	NA
Single Thread	617 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of April 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon 64 FX-74

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 8th of April 2025

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

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 8th of April 2025.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 13th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,717
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,323
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,046
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,490
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,129
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,869
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,190
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,713
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,647
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,144
AMD Athlon 64 FX-74		972

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 13th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i9-13900K		137.04
Intel Core i9-12900K		131.67
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.33
AMD Athlon 64 FX-74		1.95
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 3600		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 13th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,610
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,142
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,018
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,681
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,922
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,564
AMD Athlon 64 FX-74		617

Last 1 Baselines for AMD Athlon 64 FX-74
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL138499 - Oct 05 2013		1397

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon 64 FX-74
As of 13th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon 64 FX-74		972
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+ vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-74		800 (-17.7%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8400 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-74		1,210 (+24.5%)
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-74		1,170 (+20.4%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7500 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-74		1,152 (+18.5%)
Intel Core2 Extreme X6800 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-74		1,095 (+12.7%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7400 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-74		1,041 (+7.2%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-74		1,024 (+5.4%)
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-74		989 (+1.8%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6400+ vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-74		982 (+1.0%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6600 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-74		941 (-3.2%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-74		936 (-3.7%)
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-74		932 (-4.1%)