AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+ 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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AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM2

Clockspeed: 2.6 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 65 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 5000+, AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core CPU 5000+

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2008

CPUmark/$Price: 2.43

Overall Rank:
4566th fastest in multithreading out of 5491 CPUs
3904th fastest in single threading out of 5491 CPUs
1299th fastest in out of 1484 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $331.49 USD (2011-11-01)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

807

Single Thread Rating

908

^%
Samples: 1170*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,306
Thread: 795

^%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 5000+

Integer Math	3,167 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,856 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	3 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,643 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	256.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	19,183 KBytes/Sec
Physics	69 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	276 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	908 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of December 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 10th of December 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of December 2025.
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 13th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,553
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,350
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,952
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,147
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,547
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,108
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,684
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,651
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,144
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+		807

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 13th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		267.93
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		178.41
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		159.58
Intel Core i5-12400F		157.16
Intel Core i9-14900K		130.41
Intel Core i9-13900K		106.29
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		53.74
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+		2.43
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 13th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,697
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,601
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,889
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,833
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,678
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,487
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,915
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,561
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+		908

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3011074 - Oct 28 2025		901
BL2917269 - Sep 18 2025		795
BL2888219 - Sep 05 2025		814
BL2833627 - Aug 13 2025		962
BL2833625 - Aug 13 2025		962

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+
As of 13th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+		807
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6400+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+		954 (+18.2%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+		720 (-10.7%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+		675 (-16.4%)
AMD Athlon 64 FX-62 Dual Core vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+		993 (+23.1%)
Intel Core2 Extreme X6800 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+		1,118 (+38.5%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+		942 (+16.8%)
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+		938 (+16.2%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6600 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+		937 (+16.2%)
Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+		932 (+15.5%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+		912 (+13.0%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+		774 (-4.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo E4500 @ 2.20GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+		745 (-7.7%)

Is the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+ Good for Gaming?
As of 13th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,443
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,126
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,254
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,795
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,513
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,447
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,285
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,270
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,777
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,678
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,472
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,415
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+		185

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