AMD Athlon X2 QL-64 vs Intel Core 2 Duo SL9600

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General info

Comparing Core 2 Duo SL9600 and Athlon X2 QL-64 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 Duo2x AMD Athlon
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Lion (2008−2009)
Release date1 March 2009 (15 years old)1 January 2009 (15 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$316no data
Current priceno data$102

Technical specs

Core 2 Duo SL9600 and Athlon X2 QL-64 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 speed2.13 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.13 GHz2.1 GHz
Bus support1066 MHz3600 MHz
L1 cache128 KB256 KB
L2 cache6 MB1 MB
L3 cache6 MB L2 Cache0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm65 nm
Die size107 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistors410 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo
VID voltage range1.05V-1.15Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo SL9600 and Athlon X2 QL-64 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
SocketBGA956S1
Power consumption (TDP)17 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo SL9600 and Athlon X2 QL-64. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
PowerNowno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo SL9600 and Athlon X2 QL-64 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo SL9600 and Athlon X2 QL-64 are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data+
VT-x+no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


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%

Core 2 Duo SL9600 2054
+27.3%
Athlon X2 QL-64 1614

Core 2 Duo SL9600 outperforms Athlon X2 QL-64 by 27% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

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: 19%

Core 2 Duo SL9600 3281
+1.8%
Athlon X2 QL-64 3223

Core 2 Duo SL9600 outperforms Athlon X2 QL-64 by 2% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Core 2 Duo SL9600 43.1
Athlon X2 QL-64 42.8
+0.7%

Core 2 Duo SL9600 outperforms Athlon X2 QL-64 by 1% in wPrime 32.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 1 March 2009 1 January 2009
Chip lithography 45 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 17 Watt 35 Watt

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