AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+

Price and performance details for the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+ can be found below. 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 5600+

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM2

Clockspeed: 2.8 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 89 W

Cache Size: L1: 256 KB, L2: 2.0 MB,

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: 3540

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

Average CPU Mark

912

Single Thread Rating: 1024²
Samples: 467*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,495
Thread: 855

²Single 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	3,477 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,017 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,850 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	266.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	21,292 KBytes/Sec
Physics	80 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	312 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,024 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of December 2023.

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

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 4th of December 2023

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of December 2023.
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 4th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,538
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,412
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,715
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		22,610
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,030
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,928
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,383
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,779
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,421
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,200
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		912

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 4th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		212.94
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		153.84
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		140.20
Intel Core i9-12900K		117.32
Intel Core i9-13900K		104.46
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.88
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		32.54
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		8.50
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 4th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,649
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,186
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,049
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,945
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,841
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,708
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,360
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,939
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		2,663
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,569
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		1,024

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1921542 - Oct 10 2023		1018
BL1920052 - Oct 08 2023		567
BL1873976 - Aug 02 2023		1053
BL1865300 - Jul 21 2023		911
BL1794890 - Apr 14 2023		1143

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 4th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		912
Intel Core2 Duo E7500 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		1,128 (+23.8%)
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		962 (+5.5%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		689 (-24.4%)
AMD Athlon 7850 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		1,058 (+16.1%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 5000B vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		856 (-6.0%)
Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		925 (+1.5%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6300 @ 1.86GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		625 (-31.4%)
AMD Athlon II X2 235e vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		1,095 (+20.1%)
AMD Athlon 5000 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		872 (-4.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8200 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		1,107 (+21.4%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7400 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		1,017 (+11.6%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		1,014 (+11.3%)

Is the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+ Good for Gaming?
As of 4th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,211
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,078
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,571
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,425
Intel Core i9-14900KF		8,375
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,208
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,886
Intel Core i5-14600K		7,862
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,809
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7945WX		7,602
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,544
Intel Core i9-13900KF		7,519
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		211

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