Mobile Pentium 4 HT 538 vs Athlon X2 QL-65

Primary details

Comparing Athlon X2 QL-65 and Mobile Pentium 4 HT 538 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	no data
Architecture codename	Lion (2008−2009)	Prescott (2001−2005)
Release date	1 September 2009 (14 years ago)	June 2004 (20 years ago)
Current price	$19.18	no data

Detailed specifications

Athlon X2 QL-65 and Mobile Pentium 4 HT 538 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)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	2	2
Boost clock speed	2.1 GHz	3.2 GHz
Bus support	3600 MHz	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	8 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	65 nm	90 nm
Die size	no data	112 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	75 °C
Number of transistors	no data	125 million
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X2 QL-65 and Mobile Pentium 4 HT 538 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	S1g2	478
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	88 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X2 QL-65 and Mobile Pentium 4 HT 538. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	65 nm, 1.075 - 1.125	no data
PowerNow	+	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X2 QL-65 and Mobile Pentium 4 HT 538 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X2 QL-65 and Mobile Pentium 4 HT 538. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

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DDR1, DDR2

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	2	1
Chip lithography	65 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	88 Watt

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