Release period
01-Feb-2008

Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+ Review

The Athlon 64 X2 is the first dual-core desktop CPU designed by AMD. It was designed from scratch as native dual-core by using an already multi-CPU enabled Athlon 64, joining it with another functional core on one die and connect both via a shared dual-channel memory controller/north bridge and additional control logic. The initial versions are based on the E-stepping model of the Athlon 64 and, depending on the model, have either 512 or 1024 KB of L2 Cache per core. The Athlon 64 X2 is capable of decoding SSE3 instructions (except those few specific to Intel's architecture).
In June 2007, AMD released low-voltage variants of their low-end 65 nm Athlon 64 X2, named Athlon X2. The Athlon X2 processors feature reduced TDP of 45 Watts
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Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+ Performance Specification

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CPU Details

2.9 GHz

2 cores

Brisbane

65W

65nm

Socket AM2

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1000

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L3 Cache

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Larry

16:55 Mar-05-2013

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whats better the 89 watt version or the 65 watt version?

Volterrier

17:27 Mar-22-2013

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There are 2 versions of this processor namely the AMD Athlon X2 5600+ Windsor 2,8 GHZ ( 89 watt ) and Brisbane 2,9 GHZ ( 65 watt). I still have the Brisbane and I can tell its less power hungry and actually has 100 Mhz more Frequency than the Windsor core. It performs well for everyday tasks and even in some modern games wich are not quad core optimized.

BoomerL4D2

13:42 Mar-25-2013

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Core 2 Duo E8200 2.66GHz

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