Pentium 3558U vs Athlon X2 QL-60

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon X2 QL-60
2008
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.34
Pentium 3558U
2014
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
0.65
+91.2%

Pentium 3558U outperforms Athlon X2 QL-60 by an impressive 91% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon X2 QL-60 and Pentium 3558U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking30712761
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series2x AMD AthlonIntel Pentium
Power efficiency0.924.10
Architecture codenameLion (2008−2009)Haswell (2013−2015)
Release date3 June 2008 (16 years ago)1 January 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$161

Detailed specifications

Athlon X2 QL-60 and Pentium 3558U 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
Base clock speedno data1.7 GHz
Boost clock speed1.9 GHz1.7 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHz5 GT/s
L1 cache256 KB128 KB
L2 cache1 MB512 KB
L3 cache0 KB2 MB
Chip lithography65 nm22 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X2 QL-60 and Pentium 3558U 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 configuration11
SocketS1FCBGA1168
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X2 QL-60 and Pentium 3558U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD VirtualizationIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
PowerNow+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Smart Connectno data+
FDIno data-
AMTno data9.5
Matrix Storageno data-
HD Audiono data+
RSTno data+

Security technologies

Athlon X2 QL-60 and Pentium 3558U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data-
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X2 QL-60 and Pentium 3558U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X2 QL-60 and Pentium 3558U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data25.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel Processors
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon X2 QL-60 and Pentium 3558U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon X2 QL-60 and Pentium 3558U.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data10
PCI supportno data-
USB revisionno data3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Integrated IDEno data-
Number of USB portsno data4
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno 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.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Athlon X2 QL-60 0.34
Pentium 3558U 0.65
+91.2%

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.

Athlon X2 QL-60 547
Pentium 3558U 1040
+90.1%

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.

Athlon X2 QL-60 1273
Pentium 3558U 2510
+97.2%

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.

Athlon X2 QL-60 2803
Pentium 3558U 4852
+73.1%

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.

Athlon X2 QL-60 1352
Pentium 3558U 1926
+42.5%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.34 0.65
Recency 3 June 2008 1 January 2014
Chip lithography 65 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 15 Watt

Pentium 3558U has a 91.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 195.5% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

The Pentium 3558U is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon X2 QL-60 in performance tests.


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