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.

AMD Athlon II N330

AMD Athlon X2 QL-65

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	2552	2533
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™)