Xeon Platinum 8160 vs Turion X2 Ultra ZM-80

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Primary details

Comparing Turion X2 Ultra ZM-80 and Xeon Platinum 8160 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated330
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data3.50
Market segmentLaptopServer
Series2x AMD Turion UltraIntel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiencyno data11.45
Architecture codenamePuma (2008−2009)Skylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date3 June 2008 (16 years ago)25 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$4,702

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Turion X2 Ultra ZM-80 and Xeon Platinum 8160 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)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads248
Base clock speedno data2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
Multiplierno data21
L1 cache256 KB1.5 MB
L2 cache2 MB24 MB
L3 cache0 KB33 MB
Chip lithography65 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data85 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Turion X2 Ultra ZM-80 and Xeon Platinum 8160 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 configuration18 (Multiprocessor)
SocketS1g2FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)32 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion X2 Ultra ZM-80 and Xeon Platinum 8160. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD VirtualizationIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
PowerNow+-
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Turion X2 Ultra ZM-80 and Xeon Platinum 8160 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion X2 Ultra ZM-80 and Xeon Platinum 8160 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion X2 Ultra ZM-80 and Xeon Platinum 8160. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2DDR4-2666
Maximum memory sizeno data768 GB
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidthno data128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion X2 Ultra ZM-80 and Xeon Platinum 8160.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 June 2008 25 April 2017
Physical cores 2 24
Threads 2 48
Chip lithography 65 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 32 Watt 150 Watt

Turion X2 Ultra ZM-80 has 368.8% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8160, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, 1100% more physical cores and 2300% more threads, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Turion X2 Ultra ZM-80 and Xeon Platinum 8160. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Turion X2 Ultra ZM-80 is a notebook processor while Xeon Platinum 8160 is a server/workstation one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Turion X2 Ultra ZM-80 and Xeon Platinum 8160, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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