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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 for benchmarking included CPU Mark 2, Nuclearus Multi Core, PC Mark 2005, Realstorm 2004, Science Mark 2 and Super Pi."

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 MANCHESTER


SYSTEM INFORMATION

PROCESSOR AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200
AMD ATHLON64 3500
VIDEO CARD CONNECT3D RADEON X1950 PRO
ATI DRIVER CATALYST v7.7
MOTHERBOARD ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA 2
MEMORY 2 x 512MB OCZ GOLD XTC PC3200 DDR
OPERATING SYSTEM WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2
DIRECTX VERSION v9.0C


CPUMARK 2

HIGHER IS BETTER

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 MANCHESTER4498
AMD ATHLON64 3500 VENICE4456

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 MANCHESTER AMD ATHLON64 3500 VENICE

COMMENT - "CPUMARK 2 is another disappointing result for the AMD Athlon64 X2 4200 when it only outperformed the AMD Athlon64 3500 by 0.9%."

NUCLEARUS MULTI CORE

OVERALL

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 MANCHESTER5260
AMD ATHLON64 3500 VENICE3718

ALU

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 MANCHESTER4892
AMD ATHLON64 3500 VENICE4853

FPU

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 MANCHESTER3912
AMD ATHLON64 3500 VENICE3729

MULTI THREAD

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 MANCHESTER5187
AMD ATHLON64 3500 VENICE3243

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 MANCHESTER AMD ATHLON64 3500 VENICE

COMMENT - "When properly supported Dual Core can deliver an impressive performance increase over Single Core as shown in this Nuclearus Multi Core benchmark. Overall the AMD Athlon64 X2 4200 outperformed the AMD Athlon64 3500 by an impressive 29%. The ALU and FPU results only show a small 1% to 5% advantage for the AMD Athlon64 X2 4200 but the Multi-Thread benchmark shows how impressive Dual Core is when the AMD Athlon64 X2 4200 outperforms the AMD Athlon64 3500 by a very impressive 37%!"

PC MARK 2005

CPU

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 MANCHESTER4489
AMD ATHLON64 3500 VENICE3210

MEMORY

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 MANCHESTER4008
AMD ATHLON64 3500 VENICE4088

GRAPHICS

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 MANCHESTER5675
AMD ATHLON64 3500 VENICE5690

HARD DRIVE

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 MANCHESTER2827
AMD ATHLON64 3500 VENICE2885

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 MANCHESTER AMD ATHLON64 3500 VENICE

COMMENT - "PC Mark 2005 CPU delivers an impressive victory for the AMD Athlon64 X2 4200 of 28% over the AMD Athlon64 3500. Dual Core Technology doesn't seem to increase the performance a great deal with the Memory, Graphics or Hard Drive and it's results are the same as the AMD Athlon64 3500."

REALSTORM 2004

HIGHER IS BETTER

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 MANCHESTER5410
AMD ATHLON64 3500 VENICE5354

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 MANCHESTER AMD ATHLON64 3500 VENICE

COMMENT - "Realstorm 2004 is another benchmark which doesn't seem to use Dual Core which means the AMD Athlon64 X2 4200 and the AMD Athlon64 3500 both perform within 1% of each other."

SCIENCE MARK 2

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS (LOWER IS BETTER)

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 MANCHESTER67
AMD ATHLON64 3500 VENICE73

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 MANCHESTER AMD ATHLON64 3500 VENICE

COMMENT - "Science Mark 2 shows a decent 9% advantage for the AMD Athlon64 X2 4200 over the AMD Athlon64 3500."

SUPER PI

4MB (LOWER IS BETTER)

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 MANCHESTER192
AMD ATHLON64 3500 VENICE191

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 MANCHESTER AMD ATHLON64 3500 VENICE

COMMENT - "SuperPI doesn't show any performance advantage for the Dual Core AMD Athlon64 X2 4200 when compared to the Single Core AMD Athlon64 3500."

AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 REVIEW

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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