AMD made the Athlon 64 X2 series of CPUs in 2006 with its 5400+ going for around $485 and its 5600+ being around $505. If the 5400+ was brand new today, it would cost around $811, which is less than the modern AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition Processor at $899. Those AMD CPUs included fewer cores and power than the ones you can get today. Both came with a new dual core system, as opposed to the 9950X3D2 Dual Edition 16 cores. There have been many updates to AMD CPUs over the years since the...
