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.
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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:
4204th fastest in multithreading out of 4989 CPUs
3645th fastest in single threading out of 4989 CPUs
1240th fastest in out of 1409 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 17th of February 2025.

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

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 16th of February 2025

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From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 16th of February 2025.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 17th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,844
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,387
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,064
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,560
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,113
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,876
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,209
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,724
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,621
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,148
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		720

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 17th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		219.60
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		200.79
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		147.18
Intel Core i9-12900K		145.73
Intel Core i9-13900K		117.14
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.50
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.09
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 17th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,615
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,150
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,023
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
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		3,362
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,924
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,565
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 17th of February 2025 - 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+		795 (+10.3%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		671 (-6.8%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		779 (+8.2%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4500 @ 2.20GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		739 (+2.6%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		731 (+1.5%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6300 @ 1.86GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		638 (-11.4%)
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 E4700 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		900 (+24.9%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4600 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		875 (+21.4%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		851 (+18.2%)
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 17th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,188
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,869
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,602
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,600
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,304
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,842
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,540
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,527
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,343
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,168
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,127
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,015
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+		177

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