Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 vs A8-4500M

Place in the ranking	2433	2837
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD A-Series	2x AMD Turion Ultra
Power efficiency	2.87	1.51
Architecture codename	Trinity (2012−2013)	Puma (2008−2009)
Release date	15 May 2012 (12 years ago)	4 June 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A8-4500M and Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	1.9 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	2.3 GHz
Bus rate	no data	4400 MHz
L1 cache	192 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	4 MB (shared)	2 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	65 nm
Die size	246 mm²	no data
Number of transistors	1,178 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A8-4500M and Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 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	FS1r2	S1g2
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-4500M and Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA	MMX, 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 A8-4500M and Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-4500M and Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

unknown

DDR2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon HD 7640G (496 - 685 MHz)

no 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.

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.

A8-4500M 1.06
+89.3%

Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 0.56

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

A8-4500M 31.45
+16.1%

Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 36.5

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.06	0.56
Recency	15 May 2012	4 June 2008
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	65 nm

A8-4500M has a 89.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 103.1% more advanced lithography process.

The A8-4500M is our recommended choice as it beats the Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between A8-4500M and Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.