AMD Athlon X2 QL-66 vs Intel Pentium SU4100

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X2 QL-66 and Intel Pentium SU4100 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Memory. 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), Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X2 QL-66

  • Around 69% higher clock speed: 2.2 GHz vs 1.3 GHz
  • 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 43% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 751 vs 524
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 641 vs 492
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 2.2 GHz vs 1.3 GHz
L1 cache 256 KB vs 64 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 751 vs 524
PassMark - CPU mark 641 vs 492

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium SU4100

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 3.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 35 Watt
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 65 nm
L2 cache 2048 KB vs 1024 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 35 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X2 QL-66
CPU 2: Intel Pentium SU4100

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
751
524
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
641
492
Name AMD Athlon X2 QL-66 Intel Pentium SU4100
PassMark - Single thread mark 751 524
PassMark - CPU mark 641 492
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
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 174
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 299

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon X2 QL-66 Intel Pentium SU4100

Essentials

Architecture codename Lion Penryn
Launch date 1 September 2009 September 2009
Place in performance rating 3203 3193
Series 2x AMD Athlon
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB) 3600 MHz
L1 cache 256 KB 64 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB 2048 KB
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 45 nm
Maximum core temperature 100 °C
Maximum frequency 2.2 GHz 1.3 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Number of threads 2
Die size 107 mm
Transistor count 410 million

Compatibility

Sockets supported S1g2 Intel BGA 956
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 10 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Advanced Technologies

PowerNow
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3