Athlon X2 QL-60 vs FX-8320

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Primary details

Comparing FX-8320 and Athlon X2 QL-60 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1547not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno data2x AMD Athlon
Power efficiency2.59no data
Architecture codenameVishera (2012−2015)Lion (2008−2009)
Release date23 October 2012 (12 years ago)3 June 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

FX-8320 and Athlon X2 QL-60 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads82
Base clock speed3.5 GHzno data
Boost clock speed4 GHz1.9 GHz
Bus rateno data3600 MHz
L1 cacheno data256 KB
L2 cache8192 KB1 MB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm65 nm
Die size315 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature61 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,200 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier+-
P0 Vcore voltageMin: 1.2 V - Max: 1.4 Vno data

Compatibility

Information on FX-8320 and Athlon X2 QL-60 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
SocketAM3+S1
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-8320 and Athlon X2 QL-60. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
AES-NI+-
FMA+-
AVX+-
PowerNow-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-8320 and Athlon X2 QL-60 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-8320 and Athlon X2 QL-60. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-8320 and Athlon X2 QL-60.

PCIe versionn/ano data

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.

FX-8320 5443
+895%
Athlon X2 QL-60 547

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 October 2012 3 June 2008
Physical cores 8 2
Threads 8 2
Chip lithography 32 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 35 Watt

FX-8320 has an age advantage of 4 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 103.1% more advanced lithography process.

Athlon X2 QL-60, on the other hand, has 257.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between FX-8320 and Athlon X2 QL-60. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that FX-8320 is a desktop processor while Athlon X2 QL-60 is a notebook one.


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