Apple M2 Max vs Athlon X2 QL-65

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon X2 QL-65 and Apple M2 Max processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated386
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series2x AMD AthlonApple M-Series
Power efficiencyno data20.10
Architecture codenameLion (2008−2009)no data
Release date1 September 2009 (15 years ago)17 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon X2 QL-65 and Apple M2 Max 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)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speedno data2.424 GHz
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
L1 cache256 KB3.3 MB
L2 cache1 MB36 MB
L3 cache0 KB48 MB
Chip lithography65 nm5 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data67000 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X2 QL-65 and Apple M2 Max 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
SocketS1g2no data
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt79 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X2 QL-65 and Apple M2 Max. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions65 nm, 1.075 - 1.125no data
PowerNow+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X2 QL-65 and Apple M2 Max are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataApple M2 Max 38-Core GPU

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-65 609
Apple M2 Max 26654
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Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2009 17 January 2023
Physical cores 2 12
Threads 2 12
Chip lithography 65 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 79 Watt

Athlon X2 QL-65 has 125.7% lower power consumption.

Apple M2 Max, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 1200% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Athlon X2 QL-65 and Apple M2 Max. We've got no test results to judge.


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