Ryzen 7 9700X vs Athlon X2 QL-60

#ad 
Buy on Amazon
VS

Primary details

Comparing Athlon X2 QL-60 and Ryzen 7 9700X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated217
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data50.95
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Series2x AMD Athlonno data
Power efficiencyno data34.20
Architecture codenameLion (2008−2009)Granite Ridge (2024)
Release date3 June 2008 (16 years ago)8 August 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$359

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

Athlon X2 QL-60 and Ryzen 7 9700X 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads216
Base clock speedno data3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed1.9 GHz5.5 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
L1 cache256 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB32 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm4 nm
Die sizeno data70.6 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Number of transistorsno data8,315 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X2 QL-60 and Ryzen 7 9700X 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
SocketS1AM5
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X2 QL-60 and Ryzen 7 9700X. 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 VirtualizationSMT, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
PowerNow+-
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X2 QL-60 and Ryzen 7 9700X are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X2 QL-60 and Ryzen 7 9700X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon Graphics

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon X2 QL-60 and Ryzen 7 9700X.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data24

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.

Athlon X2 QL-60 547
Ryzen 7 9700X 37332
+6725%

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.

Athlon X2 QL-60 1273
Ryzen 7 9700X 9457
+643%

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.

Athlon X2 QL-60 2803
Ryzen 7 9700X 57914
+1966%

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.

Athlon X2 QL-60 1352
Ryzen 7 9700X 18794
+1290%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 June 2008 8 August 2024
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 2 16
Chip lithography 65 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt

Athlon X2 QL-60 has 85.7% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 7 9700X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 16 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 1525% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Athlon X2 QL-60 and Ryzen 7 9700X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Athlon X2 QL-60 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 7 9700X is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon X2 QL-60 and Ryzen 7 9700X, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite CPU.


AMD Athlon X2 QL-60
Athlon X2 QL-60
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
Ryzen 7 9700X

Similar processor comparisons

We picked several similar comparisons of processors in the same market segment and performance relatively close to those reviewed on this page.

Community ratings

Here you can see how users rate the processors, as well as rate them yourself.


3.7 34 votes

Rate Athlon X2 QL-60 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
3.5 206 votes

Rate Ryzen 7 9700X on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about Athlon X2 QL-60 or Ryzen 7 9700X, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.