Athlon 64 X2 5600+ vs Athlon 64 X2 3800+

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 X2 3800+ and Athlon 64 X2 5600+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2817
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiencyno data0.61
Architecture codenameManchester (2005−2006)Windsor (2006−2007)
Release dateAugust 2005 (19 years ago)December 2006 (17 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 X2 3800+ and Athlon 64 X2 5600+ basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Boost clock speed2 GHz2.9 GHz
L1 cache256K256 KB
L2 cache512 KB512K
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography90 nm90 nm
Die size220 mm2220 mm2
Number of transistors154 million227 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 X2 3800+ and Athlon 64 X2 5600+ compatibility with other computer components: 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 configuration11
Socket939AM2
Power consumption (TDP)89 Watt89 Watt

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score 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.

Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 629
Athlon 64 X2 5600+ 903
+43.6%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 203
Athlon 64 X2 5600+ 231
+13.8%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 376
Athlon 64 X2 5600+ 401
+6.6%

Pros & cons summary


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