AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ vs Intel Core 2 Duo U9600

What is the difference between AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ and Intel Core 2 Duo U9600. Find out which CPU has better performance.

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+
Intel Core 2 Duo U9600
Intel Core 2 Duo U9600

Performance (Benchmarks)

220Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score217
399Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score372

Processor Specs

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo U9600
2200 MHzFrequency1600 MHz
2Cores2
2Threads2
89 WTDP10 W
ManchesterCodenamePenryn
Socket 939PackageSocket P (478)

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

218Single-Core Score218
378Multi-Core Score322
Geekbench 5.3.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro (64-bit)Operating SystemmacOS 10.13.6 (Build 17G14042)
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-MA78GM-S2HModelMacBook Air (11-inch Late 2010)
Model IDMacBookAir3,1
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-MA78GM-S2HMotherboardApple Inc. Mac-942452F5819B1C1B 1.0
BilanciatoPower Plan

CPU Specifications

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+NameIntel Core 2 Duo U9600
1 Processor, 2 CoresTopology1 Processor, 2 Cores
AuthenticAMD Family 15 Model 75 Stepping 2IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10
2.21 GHzBase Frequency1.60 GHz
2.21 GHzMaximum Frequency
Socket AM2 (940)Package
WindsorCodename
64.0 KB x 2L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 2
64.0 KB x 2L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 2
512 KB x 2L2 Cache3.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

2.00 GBSize4.00 GB
245 MHzFrequency
Transfer Rate1067 MT/s
DDR2 SDRAMTypeDDR3
1Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

218Single-Core Score218
38Crypto Score29
253Integer Score224
173Floating Point Score 235
38
66.7 MB/sec		AES-XTS29
51.0 MB/sec
330
1.67 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)321
1.62 MB/sec
299
14.2 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression252
11.9 Mpixels/sec
232
653.6 KTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)228
644.2 KTE/sec
267
313.6 KElements/sec		HTML5174
203.7 KElements/sec
232
72.7 Krows/sec		SQLite220
69.1 Krows/sec
267
14.5 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering235
12.8 Mpixels/sec
231
73.4 KB/sec		Text Rendering190
60.4 KB/sec
279
2.18 Klines/sec		Clang233
1.82 Klines/sec
174
2.01 images/sec		Camera194
2.25 images/sec
148
185.5 Kpairs/sec		N-Body Physics164
205.2 Kpairs/sec
261
1620.0 FPS		Rigid Body Physics324
2010.4 FPS
75
4.10 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur155
8.52 Mpixels/sec
187
1.44 images/sec		Face Detection280
2.16 images/sec
207
5.11 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection279
6.88 Mpixels/sec
304
14.9 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting321
15.8 Mpixels/sec
430
5.86 Mpixels/sec		HDR468
6.37 Mpixels/sec
204
164.2 Kpixels/sec		Ray Tracing282
226.7 Kpixels/sec
118
1.06 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion153
1.37 Kpixels/sec
182
5.83 Words/sec		Speech Recognition257
8.23 Words/sec
66
2.54 images/sec		Machine Learning112
4.32 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

378Multi-Core Score322
64Crypto Score45
431Integer Score341
317Floating Point Score 326
64
111.1 MB/sec		AES-XTS45
78.8 MB/sec
585
2.96 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)479
2.42 MB/sec
563
26.6 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression403
19.1 Mpixels/sec
304
858.5 KTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)306
863.5 KTE/sec
493
578.6 KElements/sec		HTML5272
319.0 KElements/sec
422
132.4 Krows/sec		SQLite387
121.3 Krows/sec
456
24.7 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering324
17.6 Mpixels/sec
349
111.2 KB/sec		Text Rendering297
94.6 KB/sec
504
3.93 Klines/sec		Clang357
2.78 Klines/sec
305
3.53 images/sec		Camera295
3.42 images/sec
249
311.7 Kpairs/sec		N-Body Physics260
325.0 Kpairs/sec
492
3046.3 FPS		Rigid Body Physics497
3078.3 FPS
177
9.74 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur303
16.7 Mpixels/sec
344
2.65 images/sec		Face Detection408
3.14 images/sec
359
8.85 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection422
10.4 Mpixels/sec
517
25.4 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting490
24.0 Mpixels/sec
763
10.4 Mpixels/sec		HDR637
8.68 Mpixels/sec
466
374.0 Kpixels/sec		Ray Tracing436
350.5 Kpixels/sec
217
1.95 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion203
1.82 Kpixels/sec
286
9.15 Words/sec		Speech Recognition209
6.67 Words/sec
106
4.11 images/sec		Machine Learning114
4.40 images/sec