Athlon 64 2600+: specs and benchmarks
Summary
AMD started Athlon 64 2600+ sales on January 2008. Based on a Lima architecture, this desktop processor is primarily aimed at home systems. It has 1 core and 1 thread, and is based on 65 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 1600 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket AM2 processor with a TDP of 15 Watt.
Primary details
Athlon 64 2600+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Architecture codename | Lima (2008−2009) | |
| Release date | January 2008 (16 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 1 (Single-Core) | |
| Threads | 1 | |
| Boost clock speed | 1.6 GHz | of 50 MHz (i486DX-50) |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | of 3 nm (Core Ultra 9 285K) |
| Die size | 77 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 122 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon 64 2600+ compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H) |
| Socket | AM2 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | of 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Athlon 64 2600+. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
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Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Athlon 64 2600+, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Athlon 64 2600+ in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 3 configurations using Athlon 64 2600+ in our database.
