Xeon E-2486 vs Athlon X2 QL-60

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon X2 QL-60 and Xeon E-2486 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3070not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
Series2x AMD Athlonno data
Power efficiency0.92no data
Architecture codenameLion (2008−2009)Raptor Lake-S (2023−2024)
Release date3 June 2008 (16 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$506

Detailed specifications

Athlon X2 QL-60 and Xeon E-2486 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Performance-coresno data6
Threads212
Base clock speedno data3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed1.9 GHz5.6 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHz16 GT/s
L1 cache256 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data163 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X2 QL-60 and Xeon E-2486 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
SocketS1FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X2 QL-60 and Xeon E-2486. 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 VirtualizationIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
PowerNow+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+

Security technologies

Athlon X2 QL-60 and Xeon E-2486 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X2 QL-60 and Xeon E-2486 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X2 QL-60 and Xeon E-2486. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-4800
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon X2 QL-60 and Xeon E-2486.

PCIe versionno data5
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 June 2008 14 December 2023
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 12
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 95 Watt

Athlon X2 QL-60 has 171.4% lower power consumption.

Xeon E-2486, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 15 years, and 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Athlon X2 QL-60 and Xeon E-2486. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Athlon X2 QL-60 is a notebook processor while Xeon E-2486 is a server/workstation one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon X2 QL-60 and Xeon E-2486, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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