AMD Z-60 vs AMD Athlon X2 QL-66

Comparative analysis of AMD Z-60 and AMD Athlon X2 QL-66 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, 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).

AMD Z-60

AMD Athlon X2 QL-66

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Z-60

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
7x lower typical power consumption: 5 Watt vs 35 Watt

Launch date	October 2012 vs 1 September 2009
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	5 Watt vs 35 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X2 QL-66

Around 120% higher clock speed: 2.2 GHz vs 1 GHz
4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2.4x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 751 vs 318
2.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 641 vs 262

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	2.2 GHz vs 1 GHz
L1 cache	256 KB vs 64 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	751 vs 318
PassMark - CPU mark	641 vs 262

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Z-60
CPU 2: AMD Athlon X2 QL-66

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

318

751

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

262

641

Name	AMD Z-60	AMD Athlon X2 QL-66
PassMark - Single thread mark	318	751
PassMark - CPU mark	262	641
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 Z-60	AMD Athlon X2 QL-66
Essentials
Architecture codename	Hondo	Lion
Launch date	October 2012	1 September 2009
Place in performance rating	3217	3206
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series		2x AMD Athlon
Performance
64 bit support
L1 cache	64 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB	1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Maximum frequency	1 GHz	2.2 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Front-side bus (FSB)		3600 MHz
Maximum core temperature		100 °C
Number of threads		2
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Sockets supported	FT1	S1g2
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	5 Watt	35 Watt
Advanced Technologies
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