AMD Athlon II P320 vs AMD Athlon X2 QL-66

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II P320 and AMD Athlon X2 QL-66 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

AMD Athlon II P320

AMD Athlon X2 QL-66

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II P320

CPU is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 35 Watt
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 820 vs 751
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 702 vs 641
Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 0.94 vs 0.773
Around 49% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2.78 vs 1.872

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 May 2010 vs 1 September 2009
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	820 vs 751
PassMark - CPU mark	702 vs 641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	0.94 vs 0.773
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2.78 vs 1.872

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X2 QL-66

Around 5% higher clock speed: 2.2 GHz vs 2.1 GHz

Maximum frequency	2.2 GHz vs 2.1 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II P320
CPU 2: AMD Athlon X2 QL-66

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

820

751

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

702

641

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

CPU 1

CPU 2

0.94

0.773

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

CPU 1

CPU 2

2.78

1.872

Name	AMD Athlon II P320	AMD Athlon X2 QL-66
PassMark - Single thread mark	820	751
PassMark - CPU mark	702	641
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	245
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	434
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	0.94	0.773
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2.78	1.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1.434
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.052

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II P320	AMD Athlon X2 QL-66
Essentials
Architecture codename	Champlain	Lion
Launch date	12 May 2010	1 September 2009
Place in performance rating	3203	3204
Price now	$29.95
Series	AMD Athlon II	2x AMD Athlon
Value for money (0-100)	11.97
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Performance
64 bit support
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	2.1 GHz	2.2 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	2	2
Maximum core temperature		100 °C
Compatibility
Sockets supported	S1g4	S1g2
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	35 Watt
Advanced Technologies
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