AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ 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 6000+

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM2

Clockspeed: 3.0 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 6000+

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2008

CPUmark/$Price: 24.31

Overall Rank:
4209th fastest in multithreading out of 5267 CPUs
3443rd fastest in single threading out of 5267 CPUs
1236th fastest in out of 1451 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $38.50 USD (2020-07-25)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

936

Single Thread Rating

1046

^%
Samples: 1069*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,564
Thread: 902

^%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 6000+

Integer Math	3,527 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,088 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,952 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	292.5 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	22,741 KBytes/Sec
Physics	82 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	313 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,046 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of July 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 8th of July 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 8th of July 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 10th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,630
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,011
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,436
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,146
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,860
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,489
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,159
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,702
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,655
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,147
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+		936

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 10th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		228.15
Intel Core i5-12400F		168.96
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		151.27
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		136.62
Intel Core i9-13900K		135.11
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.20
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.35
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+		24.31
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 10th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,610
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,014
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,899
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,680
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,477
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,920
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,563
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+		1,046

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2438749 - Feb 24 2025		895
BL2374585 - Jan 28 2025		1026
BL2373291 - Jan 28 2025		1085
BL2371631 - Jan 27 2025		1039
BL2239366 - Nov 07 2024		523

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

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+
As of 10th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+		936
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+		932 (-0.4%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+		778 (-16.9%)
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+		1,168 (+24.8%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7200 @ 2.53GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+		991 (+5.9%)
Intel Pentium E2220 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+		855 (-8.7%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 4850e vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+		799 (-14.7%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6420 @ 2.13GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+		762 (-18.6%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6320 @ 1.86GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+		717 (-23.4%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 4450B vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+		723 (-22.8%)
AMD Phenom II X2 550 vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+		1,140 (+21.8%)
AMD Athlon II X2 245 vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+		1,130 (+20.7%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7400 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+		1,040 (+11.1%)

Is the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ Good for Gaming?
As of 10th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,433
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,145
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,284
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,836
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,572
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,479
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,276
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,909
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,800
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,642
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,532
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,445
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+		217

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