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:
4931st fastest in multithreading out of 5790 CPUs
4359th fastest in single threading out of 5790 CPUs
1375th fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

623

Single Thread Rating

717

^%
Samples: 792*
*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	2,375 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,443 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	3 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	1,916 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	188.9 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	14,265 KBytes/Sec
Physics	63 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	209 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	717 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of February 2026.

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

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 11th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th of February 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 18th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,451
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,284
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,940
Apple M4 10 Core		23,704
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,843
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,582
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,084
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,678
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,642
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,132
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+		623

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 18th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		136.53
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		130.23
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.63
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.40
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		117.87
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.93
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.60
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 18th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,694
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,600
Apple M4 10 Core		4,516
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,676
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,365
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,914
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,560
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+		717

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2947328 - Oct 02 2025		534
BL2091062 - May 01 2024		514
BL1892769 - Aug 29 2023		729
BL1801898 - Apr 23 2023		633
BL1796753 - Apr 17 2023		547

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 February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+		623
Intel Core2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+		774 (+24.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4500 @ 2.20GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+		748 (+20.0%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+		730 (+17.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6300 @ 1.86GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+		657 (+5.3%)
Intel Pentium D 830 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+		579 (-7.1%)
Intel Pentium D 915 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+		468 (-24.9%)
Intel Pentium E2200 @ 2.20GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+		739 (+18.6%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4400 @ 2.00GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+		738 (+18.3%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4800+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+		732 (+17.5%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6320 @ 1.86GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+		724 (+16.2%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+		720 (+15.6%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 4450e vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+		710 (+13.9%)

Is the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ Good for Gaming?
As of 18th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,433
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,257
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,794
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,518
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,380
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,257
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,196
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,779
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,775
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+		157

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