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: 24.48

Overall Rank:
4417th fastest in multithreading out of 5495 CPUs
3615th fastest in single threading out of 5495 CPUs
1269th fastest in out of 1484 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

942

Single Thread Rating

1049

^%
Samples: 1071*
*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	3,547 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,097 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,963 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	294.7 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	22,824 KBytes/Sec
Physics	83 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	315 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,049 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 16th of December 2025.

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

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 10th of December 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of December 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 16th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,548
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,348
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,953
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,148
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,549
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,107
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,684
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,653
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,142
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+		942

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 16th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		263.94
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		164.62
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		159.57
Intel Core i9-14900K		133.37
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.20
Intel Core i9-13900K		106.30
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		53.74
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+		24.48
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 16th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,697
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,601
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,889
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,833
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,677
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,487
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,915
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,561
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+		1,049

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2979530 - Oct 15 2025		1084
BL2886232 - Sep 05 2025		1127
BL2438749 - Feb 24 2025		895
BL2374585 - Jan 28 2025		1026
BL2373291 - Jan 28 2025		1085

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 16th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+		942
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+		939 (-0.4%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+		774 (-17.9%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7200 @ 2.53GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+		1,002 (+6.4%)
Intel Pentium E2220 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+		855 (-9.3%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 4850e vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+		799 (-15.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6420 @ 2.13GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+		784 (-16.8%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6320 @ 1.86GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+		724 (-23.2%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 4450B vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+		723 (-23.3%)
Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+		1,175 (+24.6%)
AMD Phenom II X2 550 vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+		1,172 (+24.4%)
AMD Athlon II X2 245 vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+		1,137 (+20.7%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7400 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+		1,045 (+10.9%)

Is the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ Good for Gaming?
As of 16th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,440
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,126
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,253
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,796
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,518
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,444
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,309
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,269
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,699
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,469
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,409
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+		217

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