AMD Athlon II N330 vs AMD Athlon X2 QL-65

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II N330 and AMD Athlon X2 QL-65 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II N330

  • CPU is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • Around 10% higher clock speed: 2.3 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 813 vs 681
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 665 vs 637
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 May 2010 vs 1 September 2009
Maximum frequency 2.3 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 813 vs 681
PassMark - CPU mark 665 vs 637

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II N330
CPU 2: AMD Athlon X2 QL-65

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
813
681
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
665
637
Name AMD Athlon II N330 AMD Athlon X2 QL-65
PassMark - Single thread mark 813 681
PassMark - CPU mark 665 637
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 873
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1465

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon II N330 AMD Athlon X2 QL-65

Essentials

Architecture codename Champlain Lion
Launch date 12 May 2010 1 September 2009
Place in performance rating 2553 2538
Series AMD Athlon II 2x AMD Athlon
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 117.5 mm
Front-side bus (FSB) 3200 MHz 3600 MHz
L1 cache 256 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB 1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 65 nm
Maximum frequency 2.3 GHz 2.1 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Number of threads 2 2
Transistor count 234 Million
Maximum core temperature 100 °C

Compatibility

Sockets supported S1 S1g2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 35 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Advanced Technologies

VirusProtect
PowerNow

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)