Athlon X2 QL-60 vs Core i5-3610ME

General info

Comparing Core i5-3610ME and Athlon X2 QL-60 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1921	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	no data	2x AMD Athlon
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge (2012−2013)	Lion (2008−2009)
Release date	1 June 2012 (11 years ago)	3 June 2008 (15 years ago)
Current price	$1752	$8.83

Technical specs

Core i5-3610ME and Athlon X2 QL-60 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	2.7 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.3 GHz	1.9 GHz
Bus support	no data	3600 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	22 nm	65 nm
Die size	118 mm2	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-3610ME and Athlon X2 QL-60 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	G2 (988B)	S1
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-3610ME and Athlon X2 QL-60. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
AES-NI	+	no data
AVX	+	no data
PowerNow	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data

Security technologies

Core i5-3610ME and Athlon X2 QL-60 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

+

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-3610ME and Athlon X2 QL-60 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-3610ME and Athlon X2 QL-60. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

unknown Dual-channel

no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel HD 4000

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.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	1 June 2012	3 June 2008
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	22 nm	65 nm

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