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.
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Is the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+ Good for Gaming?

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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: 8.42

Overall Rank:
4007th fastest in multithreading out of 5003 CPUs
3291st fastest in single threading out of 5003 CPUs
1207th fastest in out of 1414 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

902

Single Thread Rating

1018

²
Samples: 472*
*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	3,371 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,993 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,800 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	270.5 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	21,026 KBytes/Sec
Physics	78 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	308 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,018 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 25th of February 2025.

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

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 20th of February 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 20th of February 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

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2.0GHz AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 512KB L2 939pin E6 ADA3200DAA4BW

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,851
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,375
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,063
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,549
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,115
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,877
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,205
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,722
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,622
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,147
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		902

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		218.79
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		196.93
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		149.67
Intel Core i9-12900K		139.78
Intel Core i9-13900K		120.11
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.47
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.34
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		8.42
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 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,615
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,149
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,023
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,682
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,923
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,564
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
BL2318515 - Jan 03 2025		874
BL2252721 - Nov 22 2024		649
BL2224992 - Oct 21 2024		1039
BL2142735 - Jul 11 2024		964
BL2124702 - Jun 16 2024		1001

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 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		902
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		983 (+8.9%)
Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		913 (+1.2%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		731 (-18.9%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 5000B vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		856 (-5.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7500 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		1,151 (+27.5%)
AMD Athlon II X2 235e vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		1,079 (+19.6%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6300 @ 1.86GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		638 (-29.3%)
AMD Athlon 7850 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		1,058 (+17.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7400 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		1,042 (+15.5%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		1,017 (+12.7%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6600 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		942 (+4.5%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		936 (+3.8%)

Is the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+ Good for Gaming?
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,192
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,869
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,595
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,573
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,301
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,840
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,565
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,540
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,366
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,183
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,127
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,021
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		209

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