AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 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.
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Is the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ Good for Gaming?

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AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM2

Clockspeed: 2.0 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 89 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 512 KB

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+, AMD Athlon(tm)64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+, AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+, AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+, AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Processor 3800+

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2008

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
4469th fastest in multithreading out of 5150 CPUs
4008th fastest in single threading out of 5150 CPUs
1303rd fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

629

Single Thread Rating

718

^%
Samples: 791*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 965
Thread: 613

^%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 X2 Dual Core 3800+

Integer Math	2,360 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,434 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	3 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	1,912 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	188.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	14,464 KBytes/Sec
Physics	63 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	215 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	718 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 18th of June 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 17th of June 2025

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

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of June 2025.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 18th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,657
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,296
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,016
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,151
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,861
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,486
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,165
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,704
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,650
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,145
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+		629

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 18th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		227.01
Intel Core i5-12400F		186.47
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		168.18
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		156.69
Intel Core i9-12900K		136.18
Intel Core i9-13900K		130.69
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		50.46
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 18th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,610
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,138
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,900
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,837
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,680
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,477
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,921
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,563
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+		718

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2091062 - May 01 2024		514
BL1892769 - Aug 29 2023		729
BL1801898 - Apr 23 2023		633
BL1796753 - Apr 17 2023		547
BL1783112 - Mar 31 2023		531

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+
As of 18th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+		629
Intel Core2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+		774 (+23.2%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4500 @ 2.20GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+		745 (+18.5%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+		729 (+15.9%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6300 @ 1.86GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+		652 (+3.6%)
Intel Pentium D 830 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+		579 (-7.8%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6420 @ 2.13GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+		752 (+19.5%)
Intel Pentium E2200 @ 2.20GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+		745 (+18.5%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4400 @ 2.00GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+		737 (+17.3%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+		720 (+14.6%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4800+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+		719 (+14.4%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6320 @ 1.86GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+		717 (+14.1%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 4450e vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+		710 (+12.9%)

Is the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ Good for Gaming?
As of 18th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,463
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,151
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,304
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,842
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,587
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,482
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,277
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,805
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,768
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,656
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,522
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,503
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+		157

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