AMD Athlon II M300 vs AMD Athlon X2 QL-67

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II M300 and AMD Athlon X2 QL-67 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Athlon II M300

AMD Athlon X2 QL-67

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II M300

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 776 vs 515
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 670 vs 582

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	776 vs 515
PassMark - CPU mark	670 vs 582

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X2 QL-67

Around 10% higher clock speed: 2.2 GHz vs 2 GHz
2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later

Maximum frequency	2.2 GHz vs 2 GHz
L1 cache	256 KB vs 128 KB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II M300
CPU 2: AMD Athlon X2 QL-67

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

776

515

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

670

582

Name	AMD Athlon II M300	AMD Athlon X2 QL-67
PassMark - Single thread mark	776	515
PassMark - CPU mark	670	582
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	236
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	447

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II M300	AMD Athlon X2 QL-67
Essentials
Architecture codename	Caspian	Lion
Launch date	10 September 2009	1 September 2009
Place in performance rating	2949	2950
Series	AMD Athlon II	2x AMD Athlon
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Performance
64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB)	3200 MHz	4000 MHz
L1 cache	128 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB	1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	65 nm
Maximum frequency	2 GHz	2.2 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	2	2
Maximum core temperature		100 °C
Compatibility
Sockets supported	Socket S1 (S1g3)	S1g2
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Advanced Technologies
PowerNow
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)