AMD Athlon X2 QL-60 vs AMD Athlon 64 2700+

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X2 QL-60 and AMD Athlon 64 2700+ 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 X2 QL-60

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
  • Around 19% higher clock speed: 1.9 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 65 nm vs 130 nm
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 64% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 652 vs 398
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 June 2008 vs April 2004
Number of cores 2 vs 1
Maximum frequency 1.9 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm vs 130 nm
L1 cache 256 KB vs 128 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 652 vs 398

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 2700+

  • Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 32 Watt vs 35 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 32 Watt vs 35 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X2 QL-60
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 2700+

PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
652
398
Name AMD Athlon X2 QL-60 AMD Athlon 64 2700+
PassMark - Single thread mark 654 0
PassMark - CPU mark 652 398
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 832
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1418

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon X2 QL-60 AMD Athlon 64 2700+

Essentials

Architecture codename Lion NewCastle
Launch date 3 June 2008 April 2004
Place in performance rating 2600 3350
Series 2x AMD Athlon
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB) 3600 MHz
L1 cache 256 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB 512 KB
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 130 nm
Maximum frequency 1.9 GHz 1.6 GHz
Number of cores 2 1
Number of threads 2
Die size 144 mm
Transistor count 69 million

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported S1 754
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 32 Watt

Advanced Technologies

PowerNow

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)