AMD Athlon X2 QL-66 vs AMD Turion 64 MT-34

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X2 QL-66 and AMD Turion 64 MT-34 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X2 QL-66

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
  • 1 more threads: 2 vs 1
  • Around 22% higher clock speed: 2.2 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
  • 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
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 751 vs 328
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 641 vs 279
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2009 vs March 2005
Number of cores 2 vs 1
Number of threads 2 vs 1
Maximum frequency 2.2 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm vs 90 nm
L1 cache 256 KB vs 128 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 751 vs 328
PassMark - CPU mark 641 vs 279

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion 64 MT-34

  • Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 35 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 35 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X2 QL-66
CPU 2: AMD Turion 64 MT-34

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
751
328
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
641
279
Name AMD Athlon X2 QL-66 AMD Turion 64 MT-34
PassMark - Single thread mark 751 328
PassMark - CPU mark 641 279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 0.773
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.052

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon X2 QL-66 AMD Turion 64 MT-34

Essentials

Architecture codename Lion Lancaster
Launch date 1 September 2009 March 2005
Place in performance rating 3203 3214
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 core temperature 100 °C
Maximum frequency 2.2 GHz 1.8 GHz
Number of cores 2 1
Number of threads 2 1
Die size 125 mm
Transistor count 114 million

Compatibility

Sockets supported S1g2 754
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 25 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Advanced Technologies

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