Athlon X2 QL-66 vs Pentium Dual T3400

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Dual Core T3400
2008
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.42
+5%
Athlon X2 QL-66
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.40

Pentium Dual Core T3400 outperforms Athlon X2 QL-66 by a small 5% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Dual Core T3400 and Athlon X2 QL-66 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking29903002
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Pentium Dual Core2x AMD Athlon
Power efficiency1.141.08
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Lion (2008−2009)
Release date1 October 2008 (16 years ago)1 September 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Dual Core T3400 and Athlon X2 QL-66 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Boost clock speed2.16 GHz2.2 GHz
Bus rate667 MHz3600 MHz
L1 cacheno data256 KB
L2 cache1 MB1 MB
Chip lithography65 nm65 nm
Die size143 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors291 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Dual Core T3400 and Athlon X2 QL-66 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.

SocketPPGA478S1g2
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual Core T3400 and Athlon X2 QL-66. 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
PowerNow-+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pentium Dual T3400 0.42
+5%
Athlon X2 QL-66 0.40

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.

Pentium Dual T3400 663
+3.4%
Athlon X2 QL-66 641

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.

Pentium Dual T3400 2026
+19.5%
Athlon X2 QL-66 1695

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.

Pentium Dual T3400 3817
+15%
Athlon X2 QL-66 3320

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.

Pentium Dual T3400 1779
+17%
Athlon X2 QL-66 1520

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.42 0.40
Recency 1 October 2008 1 September 2009

Pentium Dual T3400 has a 5% higher aggregate performance score.

Athlon X2 QL-66, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 months.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Pentium Dual Core T3400 and Athlon X2 QL-66.


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