Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 vs Athlon X2 QL-60

Primary details

Comparing Athlon X2 QL-60 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	2x AMD Athlon	2x AMD Athlon 64
Architecture codename	Lion (2008−2009)	Tyler (2007−2009)
Release date	3 June 2008 (16 years ago)	1 November 2009 (14 years ago)
Current price	$8.83	$66

Detailed specifications

Athlon X2 QL-60 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 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
Boost clock speed	1.9 GHz	1.6 GHz
Bus support	3600 MHz	1600 MHz
L1 cache	256 KB	0 MB
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	65 nm	65 nm
Maximum core temperature	no data	95 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X2 QL-60 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 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	no data
Socket	S1	Socket S1
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	20 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X2 QL-60 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization	86x Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP), MMX, PowerNow, SSE3,-64, Enhanced 3DNow
PowerNow	+	+
VirusProtect	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X2 QL-60 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 June 2008	1 November 2009
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	20 Watt

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