Athlon X2 QL-60 vs A8-4500M
Primary details
Comparing A8-4500M and Athlon X2 QL-60 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 2315 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD A-Series | 2x AMD Athlon |
| Architecture codename | Trinity (2012−2013) | Lion (2008−2009) |
| Release date | 15 May 2012 (12 years ago) | 3 June 2008 (16 years ago) |
| Current price | $179 | $8.83 |
Detailed specifications
A8-4500M and Athlon X2 QL-60 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 1.9 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 2.8 GHz | 1.9 GHz |
| Bus support | no data | 3600 MHz |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 65 nm |
| Die size | 246 mm2 | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,178 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on A8-4500M and Athlon X2 QL-60 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 | FS1r2 | S1 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-4500M and Athlon X2 QL-60. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | 86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization |
| AES-NI | + | no data |
| FMA | + | no data |
| AVX | + | no data |
| PowerNow | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-4500M and Athlon X2 QL-60 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-4500M and Athlon X2 QL-60. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | unknown | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon HD 7640G | 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%
A8-4500M outperforms Athlon X2 QL-60 by 207% in Passmark.
Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core
Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.
Benchmark coverage: 20%
A8-4500M outperforms Athlon X2 QL-60 by 43% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.
Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.
Benchmark coverage: 19%
A8-4500M outperforms Athlon X2 QL-60 by 74% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.
3DMark06 CPU
3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.
Benchmark coverage: 19%
A8-4500M outperforms Athlon X2 QL-60 by 80% in 3DMark06 CPU.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 15 May 2012 | 3 June 2008 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 65 nm |
We couldn't decide between A8-4500M and Athlon X2 QL-60. We've got no test results to judge.
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