AMD Athlon XP 2600+: specs and benchmarks

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Summary

AMD started Athlon XP 2600+ sales on January 2001 at a recommended price of $23. Based on a Barton architecture, this desktop processor is primarily aimed at home systems. It has 1 core and 1 thread, and is based on 130 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 1917 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket A processor with a TDP of 68 Watt.

We have no data on Athlon XP 2600+ benchmark results.

General info

Athlon XP 2600+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance rankingnot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processor
Architecture codenameBarton (2001−2003)
Release dateJanuary 2001 (23 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$23of 305 (Core i7-870)
Current price$58 (2.5x MSRP)of 17802 (Threadripper PRO 7995WX)

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 cores1 (Single-Core)
Threads1
Boost clock speed1.92 GHzof 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache128 KBof 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache512Kof 36864 (Apple M2 Max)
L3 cache0 KBof 786432 (EPYC 7373X)
Chip lithography130 nmof 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size101 mm2
Number of transistors63 millionof 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX)
64 bit support-
Windows 11 compatibility-
Unlocked multiplierNo

Compatibility

Information on Athlon XP 2600+ 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 configuration1of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketA
Power consumption (TDP)68 Wattof 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Athlon XP 2600+. 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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Recommended GPUs

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These are the fastest graphics cards for Athlon XP 2600+ in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 11 configurations based on Athlon XP 2600+ in our database.

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