Athlon 64 X2 5200+: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Athlon 64 X2 5200+ provides poor benchmark performance at 0.56% of a leader's which is a 96-core Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.
Summary
AMD started 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.
Primary details
Athlon 64 X2 5200+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 2823 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Power efficiency | 0.57 | of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U) |
| Architecture codename | Windsor (2006−2007) | |
| Release date | September 2006 (18 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 cores | 2 (Dual-core) | |
| Threads | 2 | |
| Boost clock speed | 2.7 GHz | of 50 MHz (i486DX-50) |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | of 384 (Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G) |
| L2 cache | 512K | of 84 MB (EPYC 9634) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | of 0.18 µm (K6-2E+/350AUZ) |
| Die size | 220 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 154 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 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 (Xeon Platinum 8454H) |
| Socket | AM2 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 89 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Intel equivalent
According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Athlon 64 X2 5200+ is Celeron E3200, which is slower by 2% and lower by 11 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 5200+, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Athlon 64 X2 5200+ in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 2018 configurations using Athlon 64 X2 5200+ in our database.
