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: 8.48

Overall Rank:
4108th fastest in multithreading out of 5121 CPUs
3391st fastest in single threading out of 5121 CPUs
1238th fastest in out of 1446 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

909

Single Thread Rating

1018

^%
Samples: 474*
*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	3,402 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,001 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,810 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	274.6 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	21,145 KBytes/Sec
Physics	78 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	310 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,018 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of May 2025.

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

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 13th of May 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of May 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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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 17th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,695
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,314
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,033
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,137
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,863
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,475
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,175
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,709
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,658
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,147
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		909

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 17th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		184.13
Intel Core i5-12400F		178.69
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		161.95
Intel Core i9-13900K		148.60
Intel Core i9-12900K		136.22
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		51.93
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		8.48
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 17th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,611
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,140
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,681
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,478
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,921
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,563
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		1,018

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2525879 - Apr 02 2025		682
BL2478058 - Mar 13 2025		1047
BL2478004 - Mar 13 2025		996
BL2318515 - Jan 03 2025		874
BL2252721 - Nov 22 2024		649

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 17th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		909
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		993 (+9.2%)
Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		921 (+1.3%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		729 (-19.8%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 5000B vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		856 (-5.8%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		1,291 (+42.0%)
AMD Athlon II X2 235e vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		1,079 (+18.7%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6300 @ 1.86GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		652 (-28.3%)
AMD Athlon 7850 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		1,058 (+16.4%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7400 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		1,038 (+14.2%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		1,025 (+12.8%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6600 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		942 (+3.7%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		936 (+3.0%)

Is the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+ Good for Gaming?
As of 17th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,497
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,157
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,325
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,848
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,597
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,513
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,285
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,812
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,679
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,523
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,489
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,416
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		208

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