Pentium P6200 vs Athlon X2 QL-64

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon X2 QL-64
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.39
Pentium P6200
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.57
+46.2%

Pentium P6200 outperforms Athlon X2 QL-64 by a considerable 46% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon X2 QL-64 and Pentium P6200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking30042813
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series2x AMD AthlonIntel Pentium
Power efficiency1.051.54
Architecture codenameLion (2008−2009)Arrandale (2010−2011)
Release date1 January 2009 (15 years ago)26 September 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$60

Detailed specifications

Athlon X2 QL-64 and Pentium P6200 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 data2.13 GHz
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz0.13 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 1.0
Bus rate3600 MHz1 × 2.5 GT/s
Multiplierno data16
L1 cache256 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB256K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm32 nm
Die sizeno data81+114 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
Number of transistorsno data384 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X2 QL-64 and Pentium P6200 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketS1PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X2 QL-64 and Pentium P6200. 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 Virtualizationno data
FMA-+
PowerNow+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
PAEno data36 Bit
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Athlon X2 QL-64 and Pentium P6200 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X2 QL-64 and Pentium P6200 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X2 QL-64 and Pentium P6200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data17.051 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® Processors
Clear Videono data+
Graphics max frequencyno data667 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon X2 QL-64 and Pentium P6200 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon X2 QL-64 and Pentium P6200.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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-64 0.39
Pentium P6200 0.57
+46.2%

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-64 622
Pentium P6200 908
+46%

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.

Athlon X2 QL-64 201
Pentium P6200 285
+41.8%

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.

Athlon X2 QL-64 384
Pentium P6200 479
+24.7%

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-64 1614
Pentium P6200 2394
+48.4%

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-64 3223
Pentium P6200 4620
+43.4%

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-64 1468
Pentium P6200 1949
+32.8%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Athlon X2 QL-64 42.8
Pentium P6200 32.47
+31.8%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.39 0.57
Recency 1 January 2009 26 September 2010
Chip lithography 65 nm 32 nm

Pentium P6200 has a 46.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 103.1% more advanced lithography process.

The Pentium P6200 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon X2 QL-64 in performance tests.


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