Athlon X2 QL-67 vs Atom N455

Primary details

Comparing Atom N455 and Athlon X2 QL-67 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	3359	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Atom	2x AMD Athlon
Power efficiency	1.63	no data
Architecture codename	Pinetrail (2009−2011)	Lion (2008−2009)
Release date	1 June 2010 (14 years ago)	1 September 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$64	no data

Detailed specifications

Atom N455 and Athlon X2 QL-67 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	1 (Single-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	1.66 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1.67 GHz	2.2 GHz
Bus rate	533 MHz	4000 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm
Die size	66 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	123 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Atom N455 and Athlon X2 QL-67 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	1	1
Socket	FCBGA559	S1g2
Power consumption (TDP)	6.5 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N455 and Athlon X2 QL-67. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
PowerNow	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	-	no data

Security technologies

Atom N455 and Athlon X2 QL-67 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom N455 and Athlon X2 QL-67 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N455 and Athlon X2 QL-67. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	no data
Maximum memory size	2 GB	no data
Max memory channels	1	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel GMA 3150

no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 June 2010	1 September 2009
Physical cores	1	2
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	35 Watt

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