AMD Athlon X2 QL-60 vs Intel Core i7-2620M

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General info

Comparing Core i7-2620M and Athlon X2 QL-60 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking1974not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i72x AMD Athlon
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Lion (2008−2009)
Release date20 February 2011 (13 years old)3 June 2008 (15 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$346no data
Current price$224 (0.6x MSRP)$8.83

Technical specs

Core i7-2620M 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed2.7 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz1.9 GHz
Bus supportno data3600 MHz
L1 cache128 KB256 KB
L2 cache512 KB1 MB
L3 cache4 MB0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm65 nm
Die size149 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistors624 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-2620M 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 configuration11
SocketFCBGA1023,PPGA988S1
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-2620M and Athlon X2 QL-60. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
AES-NI+no data
FMA+no data
AVX+no data
PowerNowno data+
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
My WiFi+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+no data
Flex Memory Access+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Core i7-2620M and Athlon X2 QL-60 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Identity Protection+no data
Anti-Theft+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-2620M and Athlon X2 QL-60 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-2620M and Athlon X2 QL-60. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size16 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth21.3 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics 3000no data
Quick Sync Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.3 GHzno data
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i7-2620M and Athlon X2 QL-60 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+no data
HDMI+no data
SDVO+no data
CRT+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-2620M and Athlon X2 QL-60.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no 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.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

i7-2620M 2425
+343%
Athlon X2 QL-60 547

Core i7-2620M outperforms Athlon X2 QL-60 by 343% in Passmark.

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%

i7-2620M 4333
+240%
Athlon X2 QL-60 1273

Core i7-2620M outperforms Athlon X2 QL-60 by 240% 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%

i7-2620M 9433
+237%
Athlon X2 QL-60 2803

Core i7-2620M outperforms Athlon X2 QL-60 by 237% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

i7-2620M 3827
+183%
Athlon X2 QL-60 1352

Core i7-2620M outperforms Athlon X2 QL-60 by 183% in 3DMark06 CPU.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 20 February 2011 3 June 2008
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 32 nm 65 nm

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