Pentium P6100 vs Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85

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Aggregate performance score

Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85
2008
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.56
Pentium P6100
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.56

Primary details

Comparing Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 and Pentium P6100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28222827
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series2x AMD Turion UltraIntel Pentium
Power efficiency1.511.51
Architecture codenamePuma (2008−2009)Arrandale (2010−2011)
Release date4 June 2008 (16 years ago)26 September 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$12

Detailed specifications

Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 and Pentium P6100 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
Base clock speedno data2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz2 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 1.0
Bus rate4400 MHz1 × 2.5 GT/s
Multiplierno data15
L1 cache256 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB256K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm32 nm
Die sizeno data81+114 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
Number of transistorsno data384 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 and Pentium P6100 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketS1g2PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 and Pentium P6100. 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
FMA-+
PowerNow+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
PAEno data36 Bit
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 and Pentium P6100 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-85 and Pentium P6100 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 and Pentium P6100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data17.051 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel Processors
Clear Videono data+
Graphics max frequencyno data667 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 and Pentium P6100 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 and Pentium P6100.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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.

Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 0.56
Pentium P6100 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.

Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 36.5
Pentium P6100 33.6
+8.6%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 June 2008 26 September 2010
Chip lithography 65 nm 32 nm

Pentium P6100 has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 103.1% more advanced lithography process.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 and Pentium P6100.


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