Athlon MP 2600+: specs and benchmarks

Summary

AMD started Athlon MP 2600+ sales 6 May 2003 at a recommended price of $273. This is a Barton architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 1 core and 1 thread, and is based on 130 nm manufacturing technology, with a max turbo frequency of 2000 MHz and an unlocked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket A processor with a TDP of 60 Watt.

Primary details

Athlon MP 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	Server
Series	AMD Athlon MP
Architecture codename	Barton (2001−2004)
Release date	6 May 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$273	of 17,906 (tray) (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

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	2 GHz	of 50 MHz (i486DX-50)
Bus type	FSB
Bus rate	266 MT/s
Multiplier	15	of 42 (Core i7-7700K)
L1 cache	128 KB	of 7475.2 KB (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache	512 KB	of 86016 KB (EPYC 9634)
Chip lithography	130 nm	of 0.18 µm (K6-2+/450ACZ)
Die size	101 mm2
Number of transistors	54 Million	of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-
Unlocked multiplier	+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon MP 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	2 (Multiprocessor)	of 8 (Opteron 842)
Socket	A
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt	of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Athlon MP 2600+'s memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Maximum memory size

4 GB

of 6 TiB (EPYC 9124)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Athlon MP 2600+. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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