AMD C-70 vs AMD Athlon X2 QL-66

Comparative analysis of AMD C-70 and AMD Athlon X2 QL-66 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Virtualization, Advanced Technologies. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD C-70

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 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
  • Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 0.809 vs 0.773
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 October 2012 vs 1 September 2009
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 9 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 0.809 vs 0.773

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X2 QL-66

  • Around 65% higher clock speed: 2.2 GHz vs 1.33 GHz
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 751 vs 364
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 641 vs 315
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 2.2 GHz vs 1.33 GHz
L1 cache 256 KB vs 128 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 751 vs 364
PassMark - CPU mark 641 vs 315

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD C-70
CPU 2: AMD Athlon X2 QL-66

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
364
751
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
315
641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
CPU 1
CPU 2
0.809
0.773
Name AMD C-70 AMD Athlon X2 QL-66
PassMark - Single thread mark 364 751
PassMark - CPU mark 315 641
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 546
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 827
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 0.809 0.773
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 0.534
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 C-70 AMD Athlon X2 QL-66

Essentials

Architecture codename Ontario Lion
Launch date 1 October 2012 1 September 2009
Place in performance rating 3209 3203
Series AMD C-Series 2x AMD Athlon
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 75 mm
L1 cache 128 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB 1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Maximum frequency 1.33 GHz 2.2 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Number of threads 2 2
Front-side bus (FSB) 3600 MHz
Maximum core temperature 100 °C

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

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

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)

Advanced Technologies

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