AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+ 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 4600+

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM2

Clockspeed: 2.4 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 512 KB

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+, AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+, AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Processor 4600+

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2008

CPUmark/$Price: 2.06

Overall Rank:
4077th fastest in multithreading out of 4859 CPUs
3531st fastest in single threading out of 4859 CPUs
1212th fastest in out of 1382 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $349.95 USD (2020-07-07)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

720

Single Thread Rating

835

²
Samples: 442*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,214
Thread: 728

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 4600+

Integer Math	2,624 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,663 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	3 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,392 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	223.3 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	17,630 KBytes/Sec
Physics	69 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	246 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	835 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 5th of October 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 4th of October 2024

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

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of October 2024.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 5th of October 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,092
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,476
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,123
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,607
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,066
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,888
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,267
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,749
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,526
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,164
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		720

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 5th of October 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		219.15
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		182.42
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		151.48
Intel Core i9-12900K		151.37
Intel Core i9-13900K		142.05
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.61
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		56.73
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		2.06
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 5th of October 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,622
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,162
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,030
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,837
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,691
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,361
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,929
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,567
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		835

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1968091 - Dec 12 2023		897
BL1803353 - Apr 25 2023		584
BL5026061 - Nov 14 2022		895
BL1656174 - Oct 24 2022		565
BL1483069 - Dec 21 2021		872

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+
As of 5th of October 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		720
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		786 (+9.1%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		675 (-6.4%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		893 (+24.0%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		780 (+8.2%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4500 @ 2.20GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		739 (+2.5%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		728 (+1.0%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6300 @ 1.86GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		634 (-12.0%)
Intel Pentium D 830 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		564 (-21.7%)
Intel Core2 Extreme X6800 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		1,095 (+52.0%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4600 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		870 (+20.8%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		846 (+17.5%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 5050e vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		846 (+17.4%)

Is the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+ Good for Gaming?
As of 5th of October 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		9,407
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,259
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,117
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,039
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,480
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,394
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,085
Intel Core i9-14900KF		7,971
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,820
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,778
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,746
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X		7,539
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		177

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