Athlon 64 X2 5200+ vs Athlon 64 X2 5000+

Place in performance ranking	2744	2707
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	no data	3.54
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Windsor (2006−2009)	Windsor (2006−2009)
Release date	May 2006 (18 years ago)	September 2006 (17 years ago)
Current price	$89	$62

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed Specifications

Athlon 64 X2 5000+ and Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Boost clock speed	2.6 GHz	2.7 GHz
L1 cache	256 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	512K
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	90 nm	90 nm
Die size	220 mm²	220 mm²
Number of transistors	154 million	154 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 X2 5000+ and Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	AM2	AM2
Power consumption (TDP)	89 Watt	89 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.

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 5000+ 0.50

Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 0.54
+8%

Athlon 64 X2 5200+ outperforms Athlon 64 X2 5000+ by 8% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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%

Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 776

Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 842
+8.5%

Athlon 64 X2 5200+ outperforms Athlon 64 X2 5000+ by 9% in Passmark.

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: 42%

Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 198

Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 253
+27.8%

Athlon 64 X2 5200+ outperforms Athlon 64 X2 5000+ by 28% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

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: 42%

Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 353

Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 442
+25.2%

Athlon 64 X2 5200+ outperforms Athlon 64 X2 5000+ by 25% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.