Athlon 64 FX-62: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Athlon 64 FX-62 provides poor benchmark performance at 0.65% of a leader's which is a 96-core Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.
Summary
This is a Windsor architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 90 manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2800 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is processor with a TDP of 125 Watt.
Primary details
Athlon 64 (Desktop) FX-62 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 2746 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Series | Athlon 64 (Desktop) | |
| Power efficiency | 0.47 | of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U) |
| Architecture codename | Windsor (2006−2007) | |
| Release date | no data |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 2 (Dual-core) | |
| Threads | 2 | |
| Boost clock speed | 2.8 GHz | of 50 MHz (i486DX-50) |
| Bus rate | 1000 MHz | |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | of 0.18 µm (K6-2+/450ACZ) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon 64 (Desktop) FX-62 compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Power consumption (TDP) | 125 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Athlon 64 FX-62. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
3DMark06 CPU
3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.
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Intel equivalent
According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Athlon 64 FX-62 is Core 2 Duo E6700, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 1 position in our ranking.
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Similar processors
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Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Athlon 64 FX-62, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Athlon 64 FX-62 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 17 configurations using Athlon 64 FX-62 in our database.
