AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+ 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 5600+

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM2

Clockspeed: 2.8 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 5600+, AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core CPU 5600+

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2008

CPUmark/$Price: 8.50

Overall Rank:
4552nd fastest in multithreading out of 5776 CPUs
3734th fastest in single threading out of 5776 CPUs
1307th fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $107.21 USD (2020-11-17)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

912

Single Thread Rating

1019

^%
Samples: 475*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,495
Thread: 855

^%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 5600+

Integer Math	3,401 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,005 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,813 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	276.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	21,176 KBytes/Sec
Physics	78 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	311 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,019 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 4th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th 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 9th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,457
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,302
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,943
Apple M4 10 Core		23,698
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,576
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,091
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,679
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,641
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		912

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 9th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		170.63
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		159.59
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		130.24
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.64
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.36
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.97
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.62
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		8.50
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 9th 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 5600+		1,019

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3030208 - Nov 05 2025		1002
BL2525879 - Apr 02 2025		682
BL2478058 - Mar 13 2025		1047
BL2478004 - Mar 13 2025		996
BL2318515 - Jan 03 2025		874

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+
As of 9th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		912
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		730 (-19.9%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 5000B vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		856 (-6.0%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		1,302 (+42.8%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7600 @ 3.06GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		1,133 (+24.2%)
AMD Athlon II X2 235e vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		1,079 (+18.4%)
Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		934 (+2.5%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6300 @ 1.86GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		655 (-28.1%)
AMD Athlon 5000 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		872 (-4.3%)
AMD Athlon 7850 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		1,058 (+16.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7400 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		1,051 (+15.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		1,026 (+12.5%)
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		1,011 (+10.9%)

Is the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+ Good for Gaming?
As of 9th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,423
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,257
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,793
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,516
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,385
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,259
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,181
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,769
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		208

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