AMD Athlon Dual Core 5000B

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon Dual Core 5000B can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

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AMD Athlon Dual Core 5000B

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM2

Clockspeed: 2.6 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 65 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 512 KB

Other names: AMD Athlon(tm) Dual Core Processor 5000B

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 9.02

Overall Rank:
4086th fastest in multithreading out of 5038 CPUs
3472nd fastest in single threading out of 5038 CPUs
1227th fastest in out of 1422 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $95.00 USD (2008-04-28)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

856

Single Thread Rating

942

²
Samples: 51*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,383
Thread: 812

²Single thread rating may be higher than the overall rating, thread performance is just one component of the CPU Mark.

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon Dual Core 5000B

Integer Math	3,492 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,978 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	4 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,775 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	241.5 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	20,409 KBytes/Sec
Physics	70 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	308 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	942 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 30th of March 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon Dual Core 5000B

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 27th of March 2025

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From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 27th of March 2025.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,751
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,334
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,050
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,495
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,125
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,870
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,195
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,718
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,639
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,145
AMD Athlon Dual Core 5000B		856

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		224.28
Intel Core i9-12900K		130.81
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.61
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.34
AMD Athlon Dual Core 5000B		9.02
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,612
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,144
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,018
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,681
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,923
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,564
AMD Athlon Dual Core 5000B		942

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon Dual Core 5000B
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL5031605 - Feb 04 2023		987
BL1392178 - Apr 08 2021		872
BL1262912 - Jul 02 2020		845
BL1242990 - May 23 2020		845
BL1221676 - Apr 15 2020		831

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon Dual Core 5000B
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon Dual Core 5000B		856
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD Athlon Dual Core 5000B		989 (+15.5%)
Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz vs AMD Athlon Dual Core 5000B		916 (+7.0%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ vs AMD Athlon Dual Core 5000B		731 (-14.6%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6300 @ 1.86GHz vs AMD Athlon Dual Core 5000B		652 (-23.9%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+ vs AMD Athlon Dual Core 5000B		909 (+6.1%)
AMD Athlon 5000 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon Dual Core 5000B		872 (+1.9%)
Intel Celeron E1400 @ 2.00GHz vs AMD Athlon Dual Core 5000B		735 (-14.2%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7400 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Athlon Dual Core 5000B		1,042 (+21.7%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz vs AMD Athlon Dual Core 5000B		1,289 (+50.5%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8200 @ 2.66GHz vs AMD Athlon Dual Core 5000B		1,132 (+32.2%)
AMD Athlon II X2 235e vs AMD Athlon Dual Core 5000B		1,079 (+26.0%)
AMD Athlon 7850 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon Dual Core 5000B		1,058 (+23.6%)

Is the AMD Athlon Dual Core 5000B Good for Gaming?
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,188
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,362
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,855
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,599
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,539
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,295
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,824
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,695
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,533
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,445
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,433
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		9,328
AMD Athlon Dual Core 5000B		189

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