AMD Athlon 64 2000+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 64 2000+ and AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Athlon 64 2000+

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 2000+

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 65 nm vs 90 nm
11.1x lower typical power consumption: 8 Watt vs 89 Watt

Launch date	June 2008 vs May 2006
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	8 Watt vs 89 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+

1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
Around 120% higher clock speed: 2.2 GHz vs 1 GHz
11.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1285 vs 116

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	2 vs 1
Maximum frequency	2.2 GHz vs 1 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	1285 vs 116

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 64 2000+
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

116

1285

Name	AMD Athlon 64 2000+	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+
PassMark - Single thread mark	130	0
PassMark - CPU mark	116	1285
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		219
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		398

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon 64 2000+	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+
Essentials
Architecture codename	Lima	Manchester
Launch date	June 2008	May 2006
Place in performance rating	3309	3308
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$309
Price now		$179.95
Value for money (0-100)		1.80
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	77 mm	156 mm
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	512 KB
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Maximum frequency	1 GHz	2.2 GHz
Number of cores	1	2
Transistor count	122 million	154 million
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM2	939
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	8 Watt	89 Watt