Athlon 64 X2 5200+ [in 3 benchmarks]
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Athlon 64 X2 5200+
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Summary
AMD started AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ sales on September 2006. 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 2700 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket AM2 processor with a TDP of 89 Watt.
It provides poor benchmark performance at
0.68%
of a leader’s which is AMD EPYC 9654.
EPYC
9654
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General info
Athlon 64 X2 5200+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance rating | 2513 | |
| Value for money | 3.54 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Architecture codename | Windsor (2006−2009) | |
| Release date | September 2006 (16 years old) |
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| Current price | $32 | of 25332 (Xeon Platinum 8276L) |
Value for money
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Technical specs
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 | 2 (Dual-core) | |
| Threads | 2 | |
| Boost clock speed | 2.7 GHz | of 6 (Core i9-13900KS) |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | of 1536 (EPYC Embedded 3401) |
| L2 cache | 512K | of 12288 (Core 2 Quad Q9550) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | of 32768 (Ryzen Threadripper 1998) |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | of 4 (Ryzen 9 7940HS) |
| Die size | 220 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 154 million | of 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | — |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 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 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | AM2 | |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 89 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Athlon 64 X2 5200+. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Overall 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 5200+
0.68
- Passmark
- GeekBench 5 Single-Core
- GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
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.
Benchmark coverage: 67%
Athlon 64 X2 5200+
845
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.
Benchmark coverage: 37%
Athlon 64 X2 5200+
253
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.
Benchmark coverage: 37%
Athlon 64 X2 5200+
442
Relative perfomance
Overall Athlon 64 X2 5200+ performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop CPUs.
Intel Pentium E5200
101.47
Intel Celeron E1600
100
Intel Celeron E3200
100
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+
100
Intel Celeron E3400
98.53
Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800
97.06
Intel Celeron E3300
97.06
Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Intel equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Athlon 64 X2 5200+ from Intel is Celeron E3200, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 5 positions in our rating.
Celeron
E3200
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Here are some closest Intel rivals to Athlon 64 X2 5200+:
Intel Pentium E5200
101.47
Intel Celeron E3200
100
Intel Celeron E1600
100
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+
100
Intel Celeron E3400
98.53
Intel Celeron E3300
97.06
Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800
97.06
Similar processors
Here is our recommendation of several processors that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.
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E1600
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E3200
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Pentium
E5200
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Celeron
E3300
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Core 2
Duo E6550
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Best GPU for Athlon 64 X2 5200+
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Athlon 64 X2 5200+, according to our PC configuration statistics.
GeForce
9600 GT
8.2%
GeForce
9500 GT
4.8%
GeForce GT
710
3.1%
GeForce GT
630
3%
GeForce
9800 GT
2.9%
GeForce
8600 GT
2.6%
GeForce GT
610
2.5%
GeForce GTX
550 Ti
2.
4%
GeForce
210
2.1%
GeForce GTX
1050 Ti
2.1%
These are the fastest graphics cards for Athlon 64 X2 5200+ in our user configuration statistics.
There is a total of 1915 configurations based on Athlon 64 X2 5200+ in our database.
GeForce RTX
4090
0.2% (3/1915)
GeForce RTX
3090 Ti
0.1% (2/1915)
GeForce RTX
3080 Ti
0.2% (3/1915)
GeForce RTX
3090
0.
3% (6/1915)
Radeon RX
6900 XT
0.2% (3/1915)
Radeon RX
6800
0.1% (2/1915)
Quadro RTX
8000
0.05% (1/1915)
GeForce RTX
2080 Super
0.05% (1/1915)
TITAN
Xp
0.05% (1/1915)
Radeon RX
6700
0.05% (1/1915)
User rating
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