AMD Athlon 64 FX-62: specs and benchmarks

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AMD Athlon 64 FX-62
AMD Athlon 64 FX-62
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Performance 0.75

Summary

This is a Windsor architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 90 manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2800 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is processor with a TDP of 125 Watt.

It provides poor benchmark performance at

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of a leader's which is AMD EPYC 9654.

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General info

Athlon 64 FX-62 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance rating2423
Value for money2.24
Market segmentDesktop processor
SeriesAthlon 64 (Desktop)
Architecture codenameWindsor (2006−2009)
Release dateno data
Current price$28 of 16240 (Xeon Platinum 8276L)
Value for money

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Technical specs

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)
Threads2
Boost clock speed2.8 GHzof 6 (Core i9-13900KS)
Bus support1000 MHz
Chip lithography90 nmof 4 (Ryzen 9 7940HS)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 FX-62 compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Thermal design power (TDP)125 Wattof 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Athlon 64 FX-62. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Overall score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Athlon 64 FX-62 0.75
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Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 67%

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3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

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Gaming performance

Relative perfomance

Overall Athlon 64 FX-62 performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop CPUs.


Intel equivalent

We believe that the nearest equivalent to Athlon 64 FX-62 by Intel is Pentium E5400, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 3 positions in our rating.

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Recommended GPUs

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These are the fastest graphics cards for Athlon 64 FX-62 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 11 configurations based on Athlon 64 FX-62 in our database.

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