AMD Athlon X2 QL-66: specs and benchmarks
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Summary
AMD started AMD Athlon X2 QL-66 sales 1 September 2009. This is Lion architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 65 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2200 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is S1g2 processor with a TDP of 35 Watt.
General info
Athlon X2 QL-66 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance rating | 1065 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Series | 2x AMD Athlon | |
| Architecture codename | Lion (2008−2009) | |
| Release date | 1 September 2009 (13 years ago) | |
| Current price | $5.99 | of 25448 (Xeon Platinum 8280L) |
Technical specs
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 2 (Dual-core) | |
| Threads | 2 | |
| Boost clock speed | 2.2 GHz | of 5.8 (Core i9-13900K) |
| Bus support | 3600 MHz | |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | of 1536 (EPYC Embedded 3401) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | of 12 (Core 2 Quad Q9550) |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | of 5 (Apple M1) |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | of 110 (Atom x7-E3950) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon X2 QL-66 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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.
| Socket | S1g2 | |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 35 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Athlon X2 QL-66. 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 | |
| PowerNow | + |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Athlon X2 QL-66. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Overall 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.
- Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core
- Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core
- 3DMark06 CPU
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.
Benchmark coverage: 20%
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.
Benchmark coverage: 20%
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.
Benchmark coverage: 19%
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Relative perfomance
Overall Athlon X2 QL-66 performance compared to nearest competitors among notebook CPUs.
Intel equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Athlon X2 QL-66 from Intel is Core i7-4870HQ, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 5 positions in our rating.
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