Athlon II X4 641 vs Athlon 64 X2 4200+

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 X2 4200+ and Athlon II X4 641 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	2161
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	no data	1.38
Architecture codename	Manchester (2005−2006)	Llano (2011−2012)
Release date	December 2006 (17 years ago)	6 February 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$309	no data

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 X2 4200+ and Athlon II X4 641 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	no data	2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.2 GHz	2.8 GHz
L1 cache	256K	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	90 nm	32 nm
Die size	220 mm2	228 mm2
Number of transistors	154 million	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 X2 4200+ and Athlon II X4 641 compatibility with other computer components: 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	1
Socket	939	FM1
Power consumption (TDP)	89 Watt	100 Watt

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 X2 4200+ and Athlon II X4 641 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 X2 4200+ and Athlon II X4 641. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

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DDR3

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	90 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	89 Watt	100 Watt

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