AMD Athlon 64 X2 Retrospective

In this article we shall pay, perhaps, the last tribute to the AMD Athlon 64 X2 family, first product of which we tested more than two years ago. This family saw different days, from nearly absolute reign to the first heavy blows from its rival. Now a slow recession is clear enough, since both Intel and AMD have more prospective and efficient processors. It's high time to draw a bottom line and we have done that by testing eight Athlon 64 X2 processors -- from the low-end 3600+ to the top-end 6400+.


Speaking of competitors, well, they are "curious", so to say. It's not interesting or informative when some processor is always on the last (or the first) place in all tests. Having this in mind, we selected more appropriate contenders to avoid such an outcome.