Athlon II M360 vs Core 2 Extreme QX6700

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Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Extreme (Desktop) QX6700 and Athlon II M360 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2245not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesCore 2 Extreme (Desktop)AMD Athlon II
Power efficiency0.97no data
Architecture codenameKentsfield (2007)Caspian (2009)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)10 September 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Extreme (Desktop) QX6700 and Athlon II M360 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Boost clock speed2.67 GHz2.3 GHz
Bus rate1066 MHz3200 MHz
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cacheno data1 MB
Chip lithography65 nm45 nm
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Extreme (Desktop) QX6700 and Athlon II M360 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.

Socketno dataSocket S1 (S1g3)
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Extreme (Desktop) QX6700 and Athlon II M360. 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
PowerNow-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Extreme (Desktop) QX6700 and Athlon II M360. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR2

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 65 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 35 Watt

Core 2 Extreme QX6700 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Athlon II M360, on the other hand, has a 44.4% more advanced lithography process, and 271.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Extreme QX6700 and Athlon II M360. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core 2 Extreme QX6700 is a desktop processor while Athlon II M360 is a notebook one.


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Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700
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AMD Athlon II M360
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