Athlon 64 X2 6000+: specs and benchmarks

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Athlon 64 X2 6000+
2007
2 cores / 2 threads, 125 Watt
0.59

Athlon 64 X2 6000+ provides poor benchmark performance at 0.59% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

AMD started Athlon 64 X2 6000+ sales on August 2007. This is a Windsor architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 90 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3100 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket AM2 processor with a TDP of 125 Watt.

Primary details

Athlon 64 X2 6000+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking2818
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processor
Power efficiency0.45of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme)
Architecture codenameWindsor (2006−2007)
Release dateAugust 2007 (17 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 cores2 (Dual-core)
Threads2
Boost clock speed3.1 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache256 KBof 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache512Kof 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache0 KBof 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography90 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size220 mm2
Number of transistors227 millionof 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 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 configuration1of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketAM2
Power consumption (TDP)125 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Athlon 64 X2 6000+. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 0.59

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 6000+ 930

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 6000+ 241

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 6000+ 419

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Athlon 64 X2 6000+'s performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop CPUs.


A4-3300 100
Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 100

Intel equivalent

According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Athlon 64 X2 6000+ is Celeron E3500, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 2 positions in our ranking.

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Similar processors

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Recommended GPUs

People consider these graphics cards to be good for Athlon 64 X2 6000+, according to our PC configuration statistics.

These are the fastest graphics cards for Athlon 64 X2 6000+ in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 2272 configurations using Athlon 64 X2 6000+ in our database.

RTX 4090 GeForce RTX 4090
0.7% (16/2272)
RTX 4090 D GeForce RTX 4090 D
0.04% (1/2272)
RTX 3080 Ti GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
0.04% (1/2272)
RX 6900 XT Radeon RX 6900 XT
0.1% (3/2272)
RTX 3090 GeForce RTX 3090
0.04% (1/2272)
RX 7700 XT Radeon RX 7700 XT
0.04% (1/2272)
RTX 3060 Ti GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
0.04% (1/2272)
RTX 4060 GeForce RTX 4060
0.3% (6/2272)
RX 6700 Radeon RX 6700
0.04% (1/2272)

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