Athlon X2 QL-64 vs A6-5400K
Primary details
Comparing A6-5400K and Athlon X2 QL-64 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 2495 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.02 | no data |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | 2x AMD Athlon |
| Architecture codename | Trinity (2012−2013) | Lion (2008−2009) |
| Release date | 2 October 2012 (11 years ago) | 1 January 2009 (15 years ago) |
| Current price | $163 | $102 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
A6-5400K and Athlon X2 QL-64 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
| Physical cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 2 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 3.6 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 3.8 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Bus support | no data | 3600 MHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 65 nm |
| Die size | 246 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 70 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,178 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | Yes | No |
Compatibility
Information on A6-5400K and Athlon X2 QL-64 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | 1 |
| Socket | FM2 | S1 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-5400K and Athlon X2 QL-64. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization |
| PowerNow | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-5400K and Athlon X2 QL-64 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-5400K and Athlon X2 QL-64. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Radeon HD 7540D | no data |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
A6-5400K outperforms Athlon X2 QL-64 by 104% in Passmark.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
Benchmark coverage: 42%
A6-5400K outperforms Athlon X2 QL-64 by 94% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Benchmark coverage: 42%
A6-5400K outperforms Athlon X2 QL-64 by 37% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 2 October 2012 | 1 January 2009 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 35 Watt |
We couldn't decide between A6-5400K and Athlon X2 QL-64. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that A6-5400K is a desktop processor while Athlon X2 QL-64 is a notebook one.
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