AMD Athlon 64 X2 QL-65

Benchmarks for the AMD Athlon 64 X2 QL-65 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
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AMD Athlon 64 X2 QL-65

Description:

Class: Laptop

Socket: S1

Clockspeed: 2.1 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 35 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 512 KB

Other names: AMD Athlon Dual-Core QL-65, AMD Athlon(tm) X2 Dual-Core QL-65

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 30.17

Overall Rank:
4879th fastest in multithreading out of 5785 CPUs
4385th fastest in single threading out of 5785 CPUs
1222nd fastest in out of 1610 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: $22.00 USD (2021-05-14)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

664

Single Thread Rating

701

^%
Samples: 140*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,140
Thread: 632

^%Single thread rating may be higher than the overall rating, thread performance is just one component of the CPU Mark.

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Athlon 64 X2 QL-65

Integer Math	2,250 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,593 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	3 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,025 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	219.7 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	15,445 KBytes/Sec
Physics	66 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	219 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	701 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Athlon 64 X2 QL-65

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 13th of February 2026.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i7-12700H		25,259
Apple M4 10 Core		23,700
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,625
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		19,759
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,010
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,483
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,640
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,597
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,394
AMD Athlon 64 X2 QL-65		664

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-12700H		55.27
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		50.02
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		30.40
AMD Athlon 64 X2 QL-65		30.17
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.04
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M4 10 Core		4,516
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,676
Intel Core i7-12700H		3,505
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,023
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,004
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,888
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,616
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,587
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,392
AMD Athlon 64 X2 QL-65		701

Last 5 Baselines for AMD Athlon 64 X2 QL-65
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2926248 - Sep 23 2025		769
BL2883793 - Sep 04 2025		773
BL2143496 - Jul 12 2024		659
BL2124364 - Jun 15 2024		531
BL2003140 - Jan 21 2024		794

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD Athlon 64 X2 QL-65
As of 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Athlon 64 X2 QL-65		664
AMD Turion Dual-Core RM-75 vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 QL-65		659 (-0.7%)
Intel Core2 Duo P7350 @ 2.00GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 QL-65		728 (+9.7%)
AMD Athlon II P320 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 QL-65		717 (+8.0%)
Intel Pentium T2370 @ 1.73GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 QL-65		557 (-16.1%)
AMD Athlon II P360 Dual-Core vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 QL-65		760 (+14.5%)
Intel Celeron B800 @ 1.50GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 QL-65		695 (+4.7%)
Intel Celeron T1600 @ 1.66GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 QL-65		569 (-14.3%)
AMD Turion Dual-Core RM-70 vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 QL-65		561 (-15.4%)
Intel Celeron B810 @ 1.60GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 QL-65		771 (+16.2%)
AMD Athlon II Dual-Core M320 vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 QL-65		770 (+16.0%)
AMD A4-3305M APU vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 QL-65		767 (+15.6%)
Intel Core2 Duo T6500 @ 2.10GHz vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 QL-65		758 (+14.3%)

Is the AMD Athlon 64 X2 QL-65 Good for Gaming?
As of 13th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,772
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX		9,412
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		8,991
Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX		8,984
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX		7,908
Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX		7,876
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H		7,768
Intel Core Ultra X9 388H		7,303
AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX		7,301
Intel Core i9-14900HX		6,904
AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 392		6,807
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390		6,751
AMD Athlon 64 X2 QL-65		159

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