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AMD ATHLON64 4000 REVIEW

"This is a review of the earlier AMD Athlon64 4000 San Diego processor compared to the newer AMD Athlon64 X2 4200 Manchester. How much better is Dual Core Technology compared to 2.4Ghz found on the AMD Athlon64 4000? We will be testing both the AMD Athlon64 4000 and AMD Athlon64 X2 4200 using real games and benchmarks to test all aspects of cpu use. The AMD Athlon64 4000 was tested with 3dmark 2006, CPU Mark 2, CPU Bench, Nuclearus, Performance Test and Light Speed."

AMD ATHLON64 4000


SYSTEM INFORMATION
PROCESSOR AMD ATHLON64 4000
AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200
MOTHERBOARD ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA 2
VIDEO CARD GAINWARD RADEON HD 4850
ATI DRIVER CATALYST v8.7
MEMORY 2 x 1GB OCUK PC3200 DDR
OPERATING SYSTEM WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 3
DIRECTX v9.0c

3DMARK 2006

FINAL SCORE

AMD ATHLON64 40006897
AMD ATHLON64 X2 42008540

CPU SCORE

AMD ATHLON64 4000949
AMD ATHLON64 X2 42001688

AMD ATHLON64 4000 AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200

COMMENT - "The Athlon64 4000 was unable to beat the Athlon64 X2 4200 when using 3dmark 2006 Final Score or Cpu Score. The Athlon64 X2 4200 beats the Athlon64 4000 by 1643 Points with Final Score and by 739 Points with Cpu Score."

CPU MARK 2

AMD ATHLON64 40005262
AMD ATHLON64 X2 42004498

AMD ATHLON64 4000 AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200

COMMENT - "The extra 200Mhz of speed found with the Athlon64 4000 helps it beat the Athlon64 X2 4200 by 764 Points."

CPU BENCH

OVERALL SCORE

AMD ATHLON64 40009655
AMD ATHLON64 X2 42008988

AMD ATHLON64 4000 AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200

COMMENT - "The Athlon64 4000 once again manages a victory over the Athlon64 X2 4200 and beating it by 667 Points."

NUCLEARUS MULTI CORE

OVERALL

AMD ATHLON64 40004060
AMD ATHLON64 X2 42005260

ALU

AMD ATHLON64 40005307
AMD ATHLON64 X2 42004892

FPU

AMD ATHLON64 40004080
AMD ATHLON64 X2 42003912

MULTI THREAD

AMD ATHLON64 40003554
AMD ATHLON64 X2 42005187

AMD ATHLON64 4000 AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200

COMMENT - "It's a very mixed result for the Athlon64 4000, it wins the ALU by 415 Points and FPU by 168 Points thanks to the extra L2 Cache and the 2.4Ghz. However the Athlon64 X2 4200 puts in a great Multi-Thread performance thanks to it's use of Dual Core Technology beating the Athlon64 4000 by 1633 Points. The Athlon64 X2 4200 wins the Nuclearus Multi Core Benchmark by 1200 Points."

PERFORMANCE TEST

CPU MARK

AMD ATHLON64 4000502
AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200887

2D GRAPHICS

AMD ATHLON64 4000295
AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200278

3D GRAPHICS

AMD ATHLON64 4000894
AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200856

MEMORY

AMD ATHLON64 4000437
AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200401

FINAL PASSMARK

AMD ATHLON64 4000363
AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200454

AMD ATHLON64 4000 AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200

COMMENT - "The Athlon64 4000 gives a strong showing against the Athlon64 X2 4200 beating it in 3 of the Benchmarks. The Athlon64 4000 wins the 2D Graphics by 17 Fps, 3D Graphics by 38 Fps and Memory by 36 Mbytes. The Athlon64 X2 4200 beats the Athlon64 4000 by 385Mops with CPU Mark and 91 Points with the Final Passmark."

LIGHTSPEED

AMD ATHLON64 4000259
AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200231

AMD ATHLON64 4000 AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200

COMMENT - "Lightspeed is more of a Benchmark to test Video performance rather than Processor performance. The Athlon64 4000 wins this Benchmark beating the Athlon64 X2 4200 by 28 FPS."

AMD ATHLON64 4000 REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - AMD ATHLON64 4000 INTRODUCTION
PAGE 2 - 3DMARK 2006, CPU MARK2, CPU BENCH, NUCLEARUS AND LIGHT SPEED
PAGE 3 - AQUAMARK3, GAMES BENCHMARKS AND FINAL RESULT

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