AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ 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 X2 Dual Core 5200+

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM2

Clockspeed: 2.7 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 1024 KB

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+, AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core CPU 5200+

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2008

CPUmark/$Price: 14.23

Overall Rank:
4635th fastest in multithreading out of 5788 CPUs
3932nd fastest in single threading out of 5788 CPUs
1322nd fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $60.00 USD (2019-11-01)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

854

Single Thread Rating

931

^%
Samples: 921*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,362
Thread: 821

^%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 5200+

Integer Math	3,258 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,879 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	4 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,682 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	263.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	19,684 KBytes/Sec
Physics	73 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	291 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	931 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 16th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 12th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th 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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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 16th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,452
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,291
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,940
Apple M4 10 Core		23,702
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
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		15,641
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+		854

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 16th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		136.53
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		130.24
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.63
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.39
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		117.87
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.95
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.60
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+		14.23
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 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 5200+		931

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3259733 - Feb 03 2026		625
BL3036989 - Nov 08 2025		933
BL3036878 - Nov 08 2025		948
BL2811475 - Aug 04 2025		972
BL5098494 - Jul 13 2025		993

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+
As of 16th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+		854
Intel Core2 Duo E7400 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+		1,051 (+23.1%)
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+		1,011 (+18.4%)
AMD Athlon 7850 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+		1,058 (+24.0%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7200 @ 2.53GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+		1,002 (+17.4%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7300 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+		988 (+15.8%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5400+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+		907 (+6.2%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 5050e vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+		846 (-0.9%)
Intel Pentium E2160 @ 1.80GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+		663 (-22.3%)
Intel Pentium E6300 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+		1,032 (+20.9%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+		942 (+10.4%)
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+		938 (+9.9%)
Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+		934 (+9.4%)

Is the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ Good for Gaming?
As of 16th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,430
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		10,517
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,381
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,258
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,196
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,775
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+		192

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