AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ vs AMD Athlon XP 2800+

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ and AMD Athlon XP 2800+ 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+

  • CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
  • Around 44% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2.08 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 90 nm vs 130 nm
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1039 vs 408
  • 3.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 930 vs 260
Specifications (specs)
Launch date February 2007 vs January 2001
Number of cores 2 vs 1
Maximum frequency 3 GHz vs 2.08 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm vs 130 nm
L1 cache 256 KB vs 128 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1039 vs 408
PassMark - CPU mark 930 vs 260

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon XP 2800+

  • Around 84% lower typical power consumption: 68 Watt vs 125 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 68 Watt vs 125 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+
CPU 2: AMD Athlon XP 2800+

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1039
408
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
930
260
Name AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ AMD Athlon XP 2800+
PassMark - Single thread mark 1039 408
PassMark - CPU mark 930 260
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 288
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 514
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.078
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2.013

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ AMD Athlon XP 2800+

Essentials

Architecture codename Windsor Barton
Launch date February 2007 January 2001
Place in performance rating 3147 3135
Price now $32.50
Value for money (0-100) 14.55
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 220 mm 101 mm
L1 cache 256 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB 512 KB
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm 130 nm
Maximum frequency 3 GHz 2.08 GHz
Number of cores 2 1
Transistor count 227 million 63 million

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM2 A
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt 68 Watt