A10 Micro-6700T vs Athlon X2 QL-66

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon X2 QL-66
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 1 Watt
0.36
A10 Micro-6700T
2014
4 cores / 4 threads, 5 Watt
0.81
+125%

A10 Micro-6700T outperforms Athlon X2 QL-66 by a whopping 125% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking32882834
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series2x AMD AthlonAMD A-Series
Power efficiencyno data17.37
DesignerAMDAMD
Manufacturerno dataGlobalFoundries
Architecture codenameLion (2008−2009)Mullins (2014)
Release date1 September 2009 (16 years ago)29 April 2014 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon X2 QL-66 and A10 Micro-6700T 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads24
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz1.2 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
L1 cache256 KBno data
L2 cache1 MB2048 KB
Chip lithography65 nm28 nm
Die sizeno data107 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data930 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X2 QL-66 and A10 Micro-6700T 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 configurationno data1
SocketS1g2FT3b
Power consumption (TDP)1 MB5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X2 QL-66 and A10 Micro-6700T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX
AES-NI-+
FMA-FMA4
AVX-+
PowerNow++
PowerGating-+
VirusProtect-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X2 QL-66 and A10 Micro-6700T are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
IOMMU 2.0-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X2 QL-66 and A10 Micro-6700T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3-1333
Max memory channelsno data1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon R6 Graphics
Enduro-+
Switchable graphics-+
UVD-+
VCE-+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon X2 QL-66 and A10 Micro-6700T integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Athlon X2 QL-66 and A10 Micro-6700T integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno dataDirectX® 12
Vulkan-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon X2 QL-66 and A10 Micro-6700T.

PCIe versionno data2.0

Synthetic benchmarks

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating.

Athlon X2 QL-66 0.36
A10 Micro-6700T 0.81
+125%

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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.

Athlon X2 QL-66 641
A10 Micro-6700T 1426
+122%
Samples: 9

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.36 0.81
Recency 1 September 2009 29 April 2014
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 65 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 1 Watt 5 Watt

Athlon X2 QL-66 has 400% lower power consumption.

A10 Micro-6700T, on the other hand, has a 125% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

The AMD A10 Micro-6700T is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Athlon X2 QL-66 in performance tests.

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