Athlon X2 QL-64 vs Turion II Ultra M660

General info

Comparing Turion II Ultra M660 and Athlon X2 QL-64 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2592	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Turion II Ultra	2x AMD Athlon
Architecture codename	Caspian (2009)	Lion (2008−2009)
Release date	10 September 2009 (14 years old)	1 January 2009 (15 years old)
Current price	no data	$102

Technical specs

Turion II Ultra M660 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Boost clock speed	2.7 GHz	2.1 GHz
Bus support	3600 MHz	3600 MHz
L1 cache	no data	256 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	no data	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Turion II Ultra M660 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 configuration	no data	1
Socket	Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin	S1
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II Ultra M660 and Athlon X2 QL-64. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Dual-channel 400 MHz DDR2 memory controller, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
PowerNow	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II Ultra M660 and Athlon X2 QL-64 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

no data

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II Ultra M660 and Athlon X2 QL-64. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR2

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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	10 September 2009	1 January 2009
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm

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