AMD Athlon X2 QL-66: specs and benchmarks

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 and a maximum temperature of °C.

General info

Of Athlon X2 QL-66 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance rating	795
Market segment	Laptop
Series	2x AMD Athlon
Architecture codename	Lion
Release date	1 September 2009 (12 years ago)
Price now	$5.99	of 16595 (Xeon E7-4850)

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 5.3 (Core i9-10900KF)
Bus support	3600 MHz
L1 cache	256 KB	of 896 (Atom C3950)
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	+

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.

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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.

Game benchmarks

Let's see how good Athlon X2 QL-66 is for a gaming PC, compared with system requirements of some popular titles. Remember that sometimes official hardware requirements may reflect real performance inaccurately.

Relative perfomance

Overall Athlon X2 QL-66 performance compared to nearest competitors among notebook CPUs.

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