AMD Athlon X2 5400+ vs 5200+ |
First seen on June, 2012
AMD Athlon X2 5400+
- 2.8 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the AMD Athlon X2 5400+
 | Much better PassMark score 1,448 | | Higher clock speed 2.8 GHz |
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Released August, 2010
AMD Athlon X2 5200+
- 2.7 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the 5200+
| | Much newer manufacturing process 65 nm | | Much higher Maximum operating temperature 68 °C |
| | Significantly lower typical power consumption 52.81W | | Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.61 GHz |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much better PassMark score | 1,448 | vs | 1,383 | Around 5% better PassMark score | |||
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| Higher clock speed | 2.8 GHz | vs | 2.7 GHz | Around 5% higher clock speed | |||
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| Much newer manufacturing process | 65 nm | vs | 90 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
| Much higher Maximum operating temperature | 68 °C | vs | 55 °C | Around 25% higher Maximum operating temperature | |||
| Significantly lower typical power consumption | 52.81W | vs | 72.31W | More than 25% lower typical power consumption | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.61 GHz | vs | 3.27 GHz | More than 10% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
| Significantly lower annual home energy cost | 15.66 $/year | vs | 21.44 $/year | More than 25% lower annual home energy cost | |||
| Significantly lower annual commercial energy cost | 56.94 $/year | vs | 77.96 $/year | More than 25% lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Athlon X2 5400+ vs 5200+
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Athlon X2 5400+ | vs | 5200+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 2.8 GHz | 2.7 GHz | |
| Cores | Dual core | Dual core | |
| Socket type | |||
| AM2 | |||
| AM3 | |||
| Is unlocked | No | No | |
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE4a | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| 3DNow! | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 89W | 65W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 21.44 $/year | 15.66 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 77.96 $/year | 56.94 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 0.66 pt/W | 0.78 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 72.31W | 52.81W | |
details | Athlon X2 5400+ | vs | 5200+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 2 | 2 | |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.5 MB/core | 0.5 MB/core | |
| L3 cache | 0 MB | 0 MB | |
| L3 cache per core | 0 MB/core | 0 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 90 nm | 65 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
| Voltage range | 1.3 - 1.35V | 0.95 - 1.4V | |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 55°C | 55 - 68°C | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 3.27 GHz | 3.61 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 3.44 GHz | 3.38 GHz | |
| PassMark (Overclocked) | 1,591.2 | 1,603.5 | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.27 GHz | 3.61 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
| GPU | None | None | |
| Label | N/A | N/A | |
| Latest DirectX | N/A | N/A | |
| Number of displays supported | N/A | N/A | |
| GPU clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
| Turbo clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
| 3DMark06 | N/A | N/A | |
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