AMD C-30 vs AMD Athlon X2 QL-62

Comparative analysis of AMD C-30 and AMD Athlon X2 QL-62 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, 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 C-30

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • 3.9x lower typical power consumption: 9 Watt vs 35 Watt
Launch date 9 November 2010 vs 3 June 2008
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 9 Watt vs 35 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X2 QL-62

  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
  • 1 more threads: 2 vs 1
  • Around 67% higher clock speed: 2 GHz vs 1.2 GHz
  • 4x 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 66% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 623 vs 375
  • 2.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 525 vs 178
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 2 vs 1
Number of threads 2 vs 1
Maximum frequency 2 GHz vs 1.2 GHz
L1 cache 256 KB vs 64 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 623 vs 375
PassMark - CPU mark 525 vs 178

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD C-30
CPU 2: AMD Athlon X2 QL-62

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
375
623
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
178
525
Name AMD C-30 AMD Athlon X2 QL-62
PassMark - Single thread mark 375 623
PassMark - CPU mark 178 525
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 181
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 342

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD C-30 AMD Athlon X2 QL-62

Essentials

Architecture codename Ontario Lion
Launch date 9 November 2010 3 June 2008
Place in performance rating 3178 3122
Series AMD C-Series 2x AMD Athlon
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 75 mm
L1 cache 64 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 512 KB 1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Maximum frequency 1.2 GHz 2 GHz
Number of cores 1 2
Number of threads 1 2
Front-side bus (FSB) 3600 MHz

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FT1 BGA 413-Ball S1g2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 9 Watt 35 Watt

Advanced Technologies

PowerNow

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)