AMD Athlon X2 5200+: specs and benchmarks
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Summary
AMD started Athlon X2 5200+ sales on August 2010 at a recommended price of $57. Based on a Regor architecture, this desktop processor is primarily aimed at home systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 45 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2.3 and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket AM3 processor with a TDP of 65 Watt. It supports DDR2, DDR3 memory.
Primary details
Athlon X2 5200+ 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 | Desktop processor | |
| Designer | AMD | |
| Manufacturer | GlobalFoundries | |
| Architecture codename | Regor (2009−2013) | |
| Release date | August 2010 (15 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $57 | of 17,906 (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 | 2 (Dual-core) | |
| Threads | 2 | |
| Base clock speed | 2.3 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 2.3 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 117 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 410 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon 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 | AM3 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| AMD-V | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Athlon X2 5200+'s memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR2, DDR3 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Athlon X2 5200+.
| Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Athlon X2 5200+. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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