Athlon 64 X2 5200+ vs Core 2 Duo E6400

Feb 28 2007 @ 01:56AM by jimmy

Legion Hardware compares the Athlon 64 X2 5200+ versus the Core 2 Duo E6400.

"Of course the Athlon64 X2 5200+ was never meant to cost just $220 US, especially in the first quarter of 2007, but for obvious reasons it does. Even though the 5200+ never won a gaming benchmark it was able to match the E6400 on a number of occasions. Given the age of the Athlon64 X2 this is a tremendous achievement and although the 5200+ does have a fair clock advantage, it is still rated at well below 3.0GHz! These Athlon64 X2 processors will have to do for now, as backup is not expected until 2008 and even then AMD does not expect a speedy transition to their new platform."