Ryzen 5 5600 vs Athlon X2 QL-67

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon X2 QL-67 and Ryzen 5 5600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated554
Place by popularitynot in top-1007
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Series2x AMD Athlonno data
Power efficiencyno data19.77
Architecture codenameLion (2008−2009)Vermeer (2020−2024)
Release date1 September 2009 (15 years ago)20 April 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon X2 QL-67 and Ryzen 5 5600 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speedno data3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz4.4 GHz
Bus rate4000 MHzno data
L1 cache256 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB32 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm7 nm
Die sizeno data81 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data95 °C
Number of transistorsno data4,150 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X2 QL-67 and Ryzen 5 5600 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 configuration11
SocketS1g2AM4
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X2 QL-67 and Ryzen 5 5600. 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 Virtualizationno data
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
PowerNow+-
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X2 QL-67 and Ryzen 5 5600 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X2 QL-67 and Ryzen 5 5600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-3200

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon X2 QL-67 and Ryzen 5 5600.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2009 20 April 2022
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 12
Chip lithography 65 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt

Athlon X2 QL-67 has 85.7% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 5600, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 12 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 828.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Athlon X2 QL-67 and Ryzen 5 5600. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Athlon X2 QL-67 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 5 5600 is a desktop one.


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