AMD Athlon 64 3800+

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon 64 3800+ can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

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AMD Athlon 64 3800+

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM2

Clockspeed: 2.4 GHz

Cores: 1 Threads: 1

Typical TDP: 45 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 1 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 1 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 1 x 512 KB

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3800+

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 2.67

Overall Rank:
5504th fastest in multithreading out of 6006 CPUs
4657th fastest in single threading out of 6006 CPUs
1480th fastest in out of 1588 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $131.01 USD (2021-02-17)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

350

Single Thread Rating

658

^%
Samples: 237*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 637
Thread: 702

^%Single thread rating may be higher than the overall rating, thread performance is just one component of the CPU Mark.

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon 64 3800+

Integer Math	1,052 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	723 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	2 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	1,076 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	120.5 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	7,070 KBytes/Sec
Physics	31 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	107 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	658 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of September 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon 64 3800+

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 13th of September 2026

Not Enough Data from Current Version of PerformanceTest to Create Distribution Graph.

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of September 2026.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 16th of September 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,226
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,075
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		34,288
Apple M4 10 Core		23,598
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,824
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,544
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,034
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,651
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,649
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,124
AMD Athlon 64 3800+		350

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 16th of September 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		162.88
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		156.83
Intel Core i9-14900K		123.89
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.16
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		118.55
Intel Core i9-13900K		98.43
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.66
AMD Athlon 64 3800+		2.67
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 16th of September 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,689
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,595
Apple M4 10 Core		4,498
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,882
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		3,761
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,673
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,485
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,366
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,908
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,558
AMD Athlon 64 3800+		658

Last 4 Baselines for AMD Athlon 64 3800+
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3337794 - Mar 09 2026		406
BL2767996 - Jul 16 2025		410
BL1283183 - Aug 18 2020		172
BL1262678 - Jul 01 2020		416

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon 64 3800+
As of 16th of September 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon 64 3800+		350
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ vs AMD Athlon 64 3800+		311 (-11.2%)
AMD Athlon LE-1640 vs AMD Athlon 64 3800+		430 (+22.7%)
AMD Athlon 64 4000+ vs AMD Athlon 64 3800+		340 (-2.9%)
AMD Sempron LE-1250 vs AMD Athlon 64 3800+		337 (-3.9%)
AMD Athlon 64 3400+ vs AMD Athlon 64 3800+		317 (-9.5%)
AMD Athlon 64 2800+ vs AMD Athlon 64 3800+		295 (-15.7%)
AMD Athlon 2800+ vs AMD Athlon 64 3800+		291 (-16.9%)
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ vs AMD Athlon 64 3800+		394 (+12.4%)
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ vs AMD Athlon 64 3800+		367 (+4.9%)
AMD Sempron 3400+ vs AMD Athlon 64 3800+		292 (-16.6%)
AMD Athlon 3200+ vs AMD Athlon 64 3800+		298 (-15.0%)
AMD Sempron 3200+ vs AMD Athlon 64 3800+		251 (-28.4%)

Is the AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Good for Gaming?
As of 16th of September 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		15,393
AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D		12,520
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,397
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,107
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 9755X3D		12,028
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,255
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,684
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus		10,660
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,509
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,380
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,355
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,059
AMD Athlon 64 3800+		148

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