Athlon 64 X2 5800+: specs and benchmarks
Summary
AMD started Athlon 64 X2 5800+ sales on April 2008. Based on a Brisbane architecture, this desktop processor is primarily aimed at home systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 65 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3000 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket AM2 processor with a TDP of 89 Watt.
Primary details
Athlon 64 X2 5800+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Architecture codename | Brisbane (2001−2008) | |
| Release date | April 2008 (16 years ago) | |
| Current price | $59 | of 15701 (Xeon Platinum 8276L) |
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 | 2 (Dual-core) | |
| Threads | 2 | |
| Boost clock speed | 3 GHz | of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | of 98304 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | of 786432 (EPYC 7373X) |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 126 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 154 million | of 92000 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | |
| Unlocked multiplier | No |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon 64 X2 5800+ 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 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 89 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Athlon 64 X2 5800+. 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.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
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