Athlon X2 QL-66 vs i7-4700EQ

Primary details

Comparing Core i7-4700EQ and Athlon X2 QL-66 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1548not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Seriesno data2x AMD Athlon
Power efficiency6.87no data
Architecture codenameCrystalwell (2013−2014)Lion (2008−2009)
Release date27 May 2013 (11 years ago)1 September 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core i7-4700EQ and Athlon X2 QL-66 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)
Threads82
Base clock speed2.4 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz2.2 GHz
Bus rateno data3600 MHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)256 KB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)1 MB
L3 cache8192 KB (shared)no data
Chip lithography22 nm65 nm
Die size177 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)100 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-4700EQ and Athlon X2 QL-66 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 configuration1no data
SocketIntel BGA1364S1g2
Power consumption (TDP)47 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-4700EQ and Athlon X2 QL-66. 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
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
PowerNow-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-

Security technologies

Core i7-4700EQ and Athlon X2 QL-66 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-4700EQ and Athlon X2 QL-66 are enumerated here.

VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-4700EQ and Athlon X2 QL-66. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD 4600no 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.

i7-4700EQ 5417
+745%
Athlon X2 QL-66 641

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 May 2013 1 September 2009
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 2
Chip lithography 22 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 47 Watt 35 Watt

i7-4700EQ has an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 195.5% more advanced lithography process.

Athlon X2 QL-66, on the other hand, has 34.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core i7-4700EQ and Athlon X2 QL-66. We've got no test results to judge.


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