Turion 64 X2 TL-50 vs Athlon X2 QL-60

General info

Comparing Athlon X2 QL-60 and Turion 64 X2 TL-50 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 Turion 64
Architecture codename	Lion (2008−2009)	Taylor (2006)
Release date	3 June 2008 (15 years old)	17 May 2006 (17 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$154
Current price	$8.83	$31 (0.2x MSRP)

Technical specs

Athlon X2 QL-60 and Turion 64 X2 TL-50 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	800 MHz
L1 cache	256 KB	no data
L2 cache	1 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	65 nm	90 nm
Die size	no data	147 mm2
Number of transistors	no data	154 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X2 QL-60 and Turion 64 X2 TL-50 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	S1
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	31 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X2 QL-60 and Turion 64 X2 TL-50. 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	SSE(1,2,3), AMD64
PowerNow	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X2 QL-60 and Turion 64 X2 TL-50 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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Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	3 June 2008	17 May 2006
Chip lithography	65 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	31 Watt

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