AMD Athlon 64 X2 5800+ vs AMD Athlon 64 3700+

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 64 X2 5800+ and AMD Athlon 64 3700+ 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 X2 5800+

• CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
• Around 36% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 65 nm vs 90 nm
• 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 71% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 746 vs 435
• Around 66% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 653 vs 394

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 3700+

• 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5800+
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 3700+

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	746 435
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	653 394

Compare specifications (specs)