AMD Athlon 64 X2 42 

First seen on June, 2012
  • 1.6 GHz
  • Dual core
0 Out of 10

Basically, the processor was able to run another 0.1V more CPU Core Voltage which was good enough to reach an extra 100MHz.
by Legit Reviews (Jun, 2009)
During our interview with AMD they said a 100MHz overclock was expected on air and that is exactly what we saw.
by Legit Reviews (Jun, 2009)

CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of the AMD Athlon 64 X2 42 among laptop CPUs (over 15W)

Performance

Benchmark performance using all cores
Athlon 64 X2 42
4.6
A6 4400M
4.9
A4 3300M
4.9
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

Single-core Performance

Individual core benchmark performance
Athlon 64 X2 42
3.7
A6 4400M
5.9
A4 3300M
4.6
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

Integrated Graphics

Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Athlon 64 X2 42
0.0
A6 4400M
2.8
A4 3300M
1.9
Sky Diver and Cloud Gate

Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)

Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Athlon 64 X2 42
0.0
A6 4400M
5.5
A4 3300M
5.2
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

Performance per Watt

How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Athlon 64 X2 42
3.5
A6 4400M
4.9
A4 3300M
4.5
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

Value

Are you paying a premium for performance?
Athlon 64 X2 42
n.d.
A6 4400M
9.3
A4 3300M
6.5
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more
0

CPUBoss Score

Combination of all six facets
Athlon 64 X2 42
0.0
A6 4400M
4.5
A4 3300M
2.8

Benchmarks Real world tests of the AMD Athlon 64 X2 42

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Athlon 64 X2 42
877
A6 4400M
1,626
A4 3300M
1,189

PassMark (Single Core)

Athlon 64 X2 42
470
A6 4400M
995
A4 3300M
627

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

Clock speed 1.6 GHz
Cores Dual core
Socket type S1
Is unlocked No

features

Has a NX bit Yes
Has virtualization support No
Instruction set extensions
  1. MMX
  2. SSE
  3. SSE2
  4. 3DNow!
  5. SSE3

power consumption

TDP 20W
Annual home energy cost 4.82 $/year
Performance per watt 2.22 pt/W
Typical power consumption 16.25W

details

Architecture x86-64
Threads 2 threads
L2 cache 1 MB
L2 cache per core 0.5 MB/core
Manufacture process 65 nm
Max CPUs 1
Operating temperature Unknown - 95°C

overclocking

Overclocked clock speed 2.11 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 1.6 GHz
PassMark (Overclocked) 396.6
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 2.11 GHz

integrated graphics

GPU None
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