Athlon 64 FX-72: specs and benchmarks
Aggregated performance score
It provides poor benchmark performance at 1.16% of a leader's which is Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.
Summary
AMD started Athlon 64 FX-72 sales on November 2006. This is a Windsor architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 90 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2800 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket F processor with a TDP of 125 Watt. It supports DDR1 memory.
General info
Athlon 64 FX-72 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | 2241 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Value for money | 4.28 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Architecture codename | Windsor (2006−2009) | |
| Release date | November 2006 (17 years ago) | |
| Current price | $28 | of 17802 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
Value for money
Performance per price, higher is better.
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 cores | 2 (Dual-core) | |
| Threads | 2 | |
| Boost clock speed | 2.8 GHz | of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | of 96 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | of 786432 (EPYC 7773X) |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 235 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 227 million | of 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | |
| Unlocked multiplier | No |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon 64 FX-72 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.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8160M) |
| Socket | F | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 125 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Athlon 64 FX-72's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR1 |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Athlon 64 FX-72. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark 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.
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: 68%
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Intel equivalent
According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Athlon 64 FX-72 is Core 2 Quad Q6600, which is faster by 1% and higher by 9 positions in our ranking.
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Recommended GPUs
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These are the fastest graphics cards for Athlon 64 FX-72 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 1 configurations based on Athlon 64 FX-72 in our database.
