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).

 

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 8% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 812 vs 751
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 695 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 812 vs 751
PassMark - CPU mark 695 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
812
751
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
695
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 812 751
PassMark - CPU mark 695 641
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 3202 3203
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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