AMD Athlon X2 QL-64 vs AMD Turion 64 ML-42

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X2 QL-64 and AMD Turion 64 ML-42 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-64

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
  • 1 more threads: 2 vs 1
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 65 nm vs 90 nm
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 61% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 731 vs 455
  • Around 56% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 624 vs 400
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 January 2009 vs October 2005
Number of cores 2 vs 1
Number of threads 2 vs 1
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm vs 90 nm
L1 cache 256 KB vs 128 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 731 vs 455
PassMark - CPU mark 624 vs 400

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion 64 ML-42

  • Around 14% higher clock speed: 2.4 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
Maximum frequency 2.4 GHz vs 2.1 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X2 QL-64
CPU 2: AMD Turion 64 ML-42

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
731
455
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
624
400
Name AMD Athlon X2 QL-64 AMD Turion 64 ML-42
PassMark - Single thread mark 731 455
PassMark - CPU mark 624 400
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 165
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 295

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon X2 QL-64 AMD Turion 64 ML-42

Essentials

Architecture codename Lion Lancaster
Launch date 1 January 2009 October 2005
Place in performance rating 3063 3067
Series 2x AMD Athlon Turion 64
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB) 3600 MHz 800 MHz
L1 cache 256 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB 1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 90 nm
Maximum frequency 2.1 GHz 2.4 GHz
Number of cores 2 1
Number of threads 2 1
Die size 125 mm
Transistor count 114 million

Compatibility

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

Advanced Technologies

PowerNow

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)