Athlon X2 5050e vs Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85

Primary details

Comparing Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 and Athlon X2 5050e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2823not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Series2x AMD Turion Ultrano data
Power efficiency1.51no data
Architecture codenamePuma (2008−2009)Brisbane (2007−2008)
Release date4 June 2008 (16 years ago)October 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 and Athlon X2 5050e 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 speed2.3 GHz2.6 GHz
Bus rate4400 MHzno data
L1 cache256 KB256 KB
L2 cache2 MB512 KB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm65 nm
Die sizeno data126 mm2
Number of transistorsno data154 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 and Athlon X2 5050e 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 configuration11
SocketS1g2AM2
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 and Athlon X2 5050e. 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 Virtualizationno data
PowerNow+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 and Athlon X2 5050e are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 and Athlon X2 5050e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2no data

Pros & cons summary


Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 45 Watt

Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 has 28.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 and Athlon X2 5050e. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 is a notebook processor while Athlon X2 5050e is a desktop one.


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AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85
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