Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 vs Phenom II X4 N970

Place in the ranking	2435	2822
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	4x AMD Phenom II	2x AMD Turion Ultra
Power efficiency	2.81	1.51
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	Puma (2008−2009)
Release date	16 December 2010 (13 years ago)	4 June 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 N970 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
Boost clock speed	2.2 GHz	2.3 GHz
Bus rate	3600 MHz	4400 MHz
L1 cache	512 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	no data	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 N970 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	no data	1
Socket	S1	S1g2
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 N970 and Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
PowerNow	-	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 N970 and Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 N970 and Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR2

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.

Phenom II X4 N970 1.04
+85.7%

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.

Phenom II X4 N970 17.8
+105%

Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 36.5

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.04	0.56
Recency	16 December 2010	4 June 2008
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm

Phenom II X4 N970 has a 85.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Phenom II X4 N970 is our recommended choice as it beats the Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Phenom II X4 N970 and Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.