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:
3913th fastest in multithreading out of 4910 CPUs
3211th fastest in single threading out of 4910 CPUs
1193rd fastest in out of 1400 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

903

Single Thread Rating

1019

²
Samples: 471*
*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	3,374 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,998 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,814 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	270.6 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	21,069 KBytes/Sec
Physics	79 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	308 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,019 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of December 2024.

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

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 19th of December 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 19th of December 2024.
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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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,920
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,434
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,100
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,599
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,098
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,888
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,251
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,742
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,582
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,153
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		903

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		260.95
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		190.75
Intel Core i9-12900K		154.03
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		147.55
Intel Core i9-13900K		111.70
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.59
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		49.46
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 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,616
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,157
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,027
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,686
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,361
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,927
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,566
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		1,019

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2252721 - Nov 22 2024		649
BL2224992 - Oct 21 2024		1039
BL2142735 - Jul 11 2024		964
BL2124702 - Jun 16 2024		1001
BL2019494 - Feb 09 2024		717

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 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		903
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		978 (+8.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6600 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		942 (+4.3%)
Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		904 (+0.1%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		731 (-19.0%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 5000B vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		856 (-5.2%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7500 @ 2.93GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		1,148 (+27.1%)
AMD Athlon II X2 235e vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		1,079 (+19.5%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6300 @ 1.86GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		638 (-29.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8200 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		1,124 (+24.5%)
AMD Athlon 7850 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		1,058 (+17.2%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7400 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		1,041 (+15.2%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		1,014 (+12.3%)

Is the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+ Good for Gaming?
As of 21st of December 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,248
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,940
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,882
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,563
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,323
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,869
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,586
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,424
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,305
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,192
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF		9,159
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		8,916
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+		209

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