Athlon X2 QL-62 vs Athlon II P320

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon II P320 and Athlon X2 QL-62 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2959not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Athlon II2x AMD Athlon
Power efficiency1.67no data
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Lion (2008−2009)
Release date12 May 2010 (14 years ago)3 June 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon II P320 and Athlon X2 QL-62 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz2 GHz
Bus rate3200 MHz3600 MHz
L1 cache256 KB256 KB
L2 cache1 MB1 MB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm65 nm
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II P320 and Athlon X2 QL-62 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 configurationno data1
SocketS1g4S1g2
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II P320 and Athlon X2 QL-62. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsSSE-3, SSE4A, 3DNow!, MMX, DEP, SVMMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
PowerNow-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II P320 and Athlon X2 QL-62 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 May 2010 3 June 2008
Chip lithography 45 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 35 Watt

Athlon II P320 has an age advantage of 1 year, a 44.4% more advanced lithography process, and 40% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon II P320 and Athlon X2 QL-62. We've got no test results to judge.


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