Phenom II X6 1055T (95W) vs Athlon X2 QL-64

Primary details

Comparing Athlon X2 QL-64 and Phenom II X6 1055T (95W) processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	1585
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	2x AMD Athlon	no data
Architecture codename	Lion (2008−2009)	Thuban (2010)
Release date	1 January 2009 (15 years ago)	1 May 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon X2 QL-64 and Phenom II X6 1055T (95W) 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)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	2	6
Base clock speed	no data	2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.1 GHz	3.3 GHz
Bus rate	3600 MHz	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	65 nm	45 nm
Die size	no data	346 mm2
Number of transistors	no data	904 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X2 QL-64 and Phenom II X6 1055T (95W) 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	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X2 QL-64 and Phenom II X6 1055T (95W). 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	no data
PowerNow	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X2 QL-64 and Phenom II X6 1055T (95W) are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X2 QL-64 and Phenom II X6 1055T (95W). Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

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DDR3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon X2 QL-64 and Phenom II X6 1055T (95W).

PCIe version

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2.0

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	1 January 2009	1 May 2010
Physical cores	2	6
Threads	2	6
Chip lithography	65 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	95 Watt

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