AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Barcelona

The Socket AM2 Athlon 64 X2 5000+ with AMD64 architecture (32-bit compatible) is based on dual K8 Barcelona cores of 65 nanometer processors. It operates at a frequency of 2.6Ghz. The processor features 256KB L1 cache and 512KB L2 cache (per core), 20.8GB/s data bandwidth (12.8GB/s memory and 8GB/s single-link HyperTransport), 13x CPU multiplier and memory bus divider of 7.

Neoseeker Editor's Take
We take a look at the 65nm variant of the 5000+ AM2 chip and compare its overclocking potential, power consumption and overall performance to its 90nm cousin, and several similarly priced Core2Duo chips. You want to check this article out because we found some surprising things when comparing the 65nm 5000+ and the E6300 its meant to compete against. »Read Full Article