AMD Athlon 64 2600+ vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 64 2600+ and AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Athlon 64 2600+

AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 2600+

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 65 nm vs 90 nm
5.9x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 89 Watt

Launch date	January 2008 vs August 2005
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 89 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+

1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
Around 25% higher clock speed: 2 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 646 vs 448
2.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 958 vs 374

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	2 vs 1
Maximum frequency	2 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	646 vs 448
PassMark - CPU mark	958 vs 374

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 64 2600+
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

448

646

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

374

958

Name	AMD Athlon 64 2600+	AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+
PassMark - Single thread mark	448	646
PassMark - CPU mark	374	958
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		211
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		373

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon 64 2600+	AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+
Essentials
Architecture codename	Lima	Manchester
Launch date	January 2008	August 2005
Place in performance rating	3080	3081
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	77 mm	156 mm
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	512 KB
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Maximum frequency	1.6 GHz	2 GHz
Number of cores	1	2
Transistor count	122 million	154 million
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM2	939
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	89 Watt