AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+: specs and benchmarks
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Summary
AMD started AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ sales on January 2001. This is a Brisbane 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 2000 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket AM2 processor with a TDP of 89 Watt.
It provides poor benchmark performance at
of a leader's which is Intel Core i9-13950HX.
General info
Athlon 64 X2 3600+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance rating | 2772 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Architecture codename | Brisbane (2001−2008) | |
| Release date | January 2001 (22 years old) | |
| Current price | $70 | of 25332 (Xeon Platinum 8276L) |
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 GHz | of 6 (Core i9-13900KS) |
| L1 cache | 256K | of 1536 (EPYC Embedded 3401) |
| L2 cache | 512K | of 12288 (Core 2 Quad Q9550) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | of 32768 (Ryzen Threadripper 1998) |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | of 4 (Ryzen 9 7940HS) |
| Die size | 156 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 154 million | of 9900000 (Ryzen 9 7845HX) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 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 | AM2 | |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 89 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Athlon 64 X2 3600+. 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.
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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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Relative perfomance
Overall Athlon 64 X2 3600+ performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop CPUs.
Athlon 64 X2 3600+ Intel equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Athlon 64 X2 3600+ by Intel is Celeron G470, which is slower by 1% and lower by 6 positions in our rating.
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Best GPUs for Athlon 64 X2 3600+
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Athlon 64 X2 3600+, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Athlon 64 X2 3600+ in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 296 configurations based on Athlon 64 X2 3600+ in our database.
