Pentium 967 vs Athlon X2 QL-66

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Athlon X2 L310 Athlon X2 QL-60 Athlon X2 QL-62 Athlon X2 QL-64 Athlon X2 QL-65 Athlon X2 QL-66 Athlon X2 QL-67
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Core i3-2310M Core i3-2330M Core i3-2350M Core i5-2410M Core i5-2430M Core i5-2450M Core i5-2520M Core i5-2540M Core i7-2630QM Core i7-2640M Core i7-2670QM Pentium B960

Aggregate performance score

Athlon X2 QL-66
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.40
Pentium 967
2011
2 cores / 2 threads, 17 Watt
0.40

Contents

Athlon X2 QL-66 Athlon X2 QL-66
Pentium 967 Pentium 967

Primary details

Comparing Athlon X2 QL-66 and Pentium 967 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking29872985
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series2x AMD AthlonIntel Pentium
Power efficiency1.082.23
Architecture codenameLion (2008−2009)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date1 September 2009 (15 years ago)3 October 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$134

Detailed specifications

Athlon X2 QL-66 and Pentium 967 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 data1.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz1.3 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Bus rate3600 MHz4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplierno data13
L1 cache256 KB128 KB
L2 cache1 MB512 KB
L3 cacheno data2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm32 nm
Die sizeno data131 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Number of transistorsno data504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X2 QL-66 and Pentium 967 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketS1g2FCBGA1023
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X2 QL-66 and Pentium 967. 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 VirtualizationIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
FMA-+
PowerNow+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
My WiFino data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Athlon X2 QL-66 and Pentium 967 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X2 QL-66 and Pentium 967 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X2 QL-66 and Pentium 967. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors
Graphics max frequencyno data1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon X2 QL-66 and Pentium 967 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
SDVOno data+
CRTno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon X2 QL-66 and Pentium 967.

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-66 0.40
Pentium 967 0.40

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-66 641
Pentium 967 643
+0.3%

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-66 1695
+3.4%
Pentium 967 1640

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-66 3320
+9.3%
Pentium 967 3038

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-66 1520
+15.2%
Pentium 967 1319

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Recency 1 September 2009 3 October 2011
Chip lithography 65 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 17 Watt

Pentium 967 has an age advantage of 2 years, a 103.1% more advanced lithography process, and 105.9% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Athlon X2 QL-66 and Pentium 967.

Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon X2 QL-66 and Pentium 967, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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