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AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 REVIEW

"Today we will be reviewing the AMD Athlon64 X2 4200 processor which uses the Manchester core and we will compare it to the AMD Athlon64 3500 Venice. Software used was CPU Bench 2003."

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 MANCHESTER

TAKE MULTI-TASKING TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL WITH THE ATHLON64 X2 4200!

"The AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core puts the power of dual-core technology on the desktop. Dual-core processors contain two processing cores, residing on one chip, that perform calculations on two streams of data, thereby increasing efficiency and speed while running multiple programs and the new generation of multi-threaded software."

"For the end-user this means a significant increase in response and performance when running multiple applications simultaneously. The AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core processor outperforms the highest-performing AMD Athlon™ 64 4000+ single-core processor on multi-tasking benchmarks by up to 30%."

BETTER MULTI-TASKING MEANS INCREASED OFFICE PRODUCTIVITY

"Productivity in today’s workplace requires smooth, efficient and seamless multi-tasking. The AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core processor delivers TRUE multi-tasking, allowing users to switch from one program to another without pausing for the computer to catch up and reducing annoying processing pauses. The end result is an increase in office productivity performance of 22% on average."


SYSTEM

PROCESSOR

VIDEO CARD
ATI DRIVER
MOTHERBOARD
MEMORY
OPERATING SYSTEM
DIRECTX VERSION
INFORMATION

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 MANCHESTER
AMD ATHLON64 3500 VENICE
CONNECT3D ATI RADEON X1950 PRO
CATALYST v7.7
ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA 2 (BIOS 2.30)
2 x 512MB OCZ GOLD XTC PC3200 DDR
WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2
v9.0C

CPU BENCH 2003

OVERALL

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 MANCHESTER8988
AMD ATHLON64 3500 VENICE8957

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 MANCHESTER AMD ATHLON64 3500 VENICE

COMMENT - "CPU Bench 2003 benchmark the AMD Athlon64 X2 4200 delivers a tiny 0.3% victory over the AMD Athlon64 3500."

CPU BENCH 2003

CPU ALU

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 MANCHESTER7868
AMD ATHLON64 3500 VENICE7825

CPU FPU

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 MANCHESTER5852
AMD ATHLON64 3500 VENICE5790

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 MANCHESTER AMD ATHLON64 3500 VENICE

COMMENT - "CPU ALU benchmark shows the AMD Athlon64 X2 4200 delivering a 0.5% victory over the AMD Athlon64 3500. CPU FPU benchmark shows the AMD Athlon64 X2 4200 delivering a small 1.1% victory over the AMD Athlon64 3500."

CPU BENCH 2003

FPU SINGLE PRECISION

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 MANCHESTER6160
AMD ATHLON64 3500 VENICE6095

FPU DOUBLE PRECISION

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 MANCHESTER5544
AMD ATHLON64 3500 VENICE5486

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 MANCHESTER AMD ATHLON64 3500 VENICE

COMMENT - "The FPU Single Precision and Double Precision results are very close between the AMD Athlon64 X2 4200 and AMD Athlon64 3500. However the AMD Athlon64 X2 4200 delivers a small increase over the AMD Athlon64 3500 of between 1% to 1.1%."

CPU BENCH 2003

RAM SIMD ALU BANDWIDTH

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 MANCHESTER5499
AMD ATHLON64 3500 VENICE5275

RAM SIMD FPU BANDWIDTH

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 MANCHESTER4995
AMD ATHLON64 3500 VENICE4883

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 MANCHESTER AMD ATHLON64 3500 VENICE

COMMENT - "We finally start to see more of a difference between the AMD Athlon64 X2 4200 and AMD Athlon64 3500 processors. Using these Ram Simd bandwidth benchmarks the AMD Athlon64 X2 4200 outperforms the AMD Athlon64 3500 of 2.2% to 4.1%."

CPU BENCH 2003

SW RAYTRACING BENCHMARK

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 MANCHESTER2873
AMD ATHLON64 3500 VENICE2800

D3D SW RENDERING

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 MANCHESTER2799
AMD ATHLON64 3500 VENICE2738

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 MANCHESTER AMD ATHLON64 3500 VENICE

COMMENT - "Raytracing should show a good performance difference between Single Core and Dual Core. However it seems that CPU Bench 2003 doesn't make good use of Dual Core because the results are still fairly close together. However the AMD Athlon64 X2 4200 still manages to outperform the AMD Athlon64 3500 by 2.2% to 2.5%."

INDEX
PAGE 1 - INTRODUCTION
PAGE 2 - SYSTEM INFORMATION AND CPU BENCH 2003
PAGE 3 - CPU MARK 2, NUCLEARUS MULTI CORE, PC MARK 2005, SUPER PI ETC
PAGE 4 - 3DMARK 2005, 3DMARK 2006, DOOM 3, LOST PLANET, X3 REUNION ETC
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