i9-13900F vs Athlon X2 QL-64
Aggregate performance score
Core i9-13900F outperforms Athlon X2 QL-64 by a whopping 7891% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3273 | 204 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 55.77 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | 2x AMD Athlon | no data |
| Power efficiency | 0.42 | 18.19 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Lion (2008−2009) | Raptor Lake-S (2023−2024) |
| Release date | 1 January 2009 (16 years ago) | 4 January 2023 (2 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $524 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Athlon X2 QL-64 and Core i9-13900F 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) | 24 (Tetracosa-Core) |
| Performance-cores | no data | 8 |
| Efficient-cores | no data | 16 |
| Threads | 2 | 32 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 5.5 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | 80K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 2 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 36 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | Intel 7 nm |
| Die size | no data | 257 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 100 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 72 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon X2 QL-64 and Core i9-13900F 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 | S1 | FCLGA1700 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 65 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X2 QL-64 and Core i9-13900F. 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 | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| PowerNow | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | + |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Athlon X2 QL-64 and Core i9-13900F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X2 QL-64 and Core i9-13900F are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X2 QL-64 and Core i9-13900F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR5-5600, DDR4-3200 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 192 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 89.6 GB/s |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon X2 QL-64 and Core i9-13900F.
| PCIe version | no data | 5.0 and 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 24 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.35 | 27.97 |
| Recency | 1 January 2009 | 4 January 2023 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 24 |
| Threads | 2 | 32 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 65 Watt |
Athlon X2 QL-64 has 85.7% lower power consumption.
i9-13900F, on the other hand, has a 7891.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 14 years, and 1100% more physical cores and 1500% more threads.
The Intel Core i9-13900F is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Athlon X2 QL-64 in performance tests.
Be aware that Athlon X2 QL-64 is a notebook processor while Core i9-13900F is a desktop one.
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