i5-2490M vs Turion X2 Ultra ZM-88

Primary details

Comparing Turion X2 Ultra ZM-88 and Core i5-2490M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Core i5
Architecture codenameGriffin (2008−2009)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release dateDecember 2008 (15 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Turion X2 Ultra ZM-88 and Core i5-2490M 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)
Threads24
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz2.7 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Bus rateno data4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplierno data27
L1 cache256 KB128 KB
L2 cache2 MB512 KB
L3 cache0 KB3 MB
Chip lithography65 nm32 nm
Die sizeno data149 mm2
Number of transistorsno data624 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Turion X2 Ultra ZM-88 and Core i5-2490M 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)
SocketS1no data
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion X2 Ultra ZM-88 and Core i5-2490M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
PowerNow+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion X2 Ultra ZM-88 and Core i5-2490M are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion X2 Ultra ZM-88 and Core i5-2490M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3-1333
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics 3000

Pros & cons summary


Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 65 nm 32 nm

i5-2490M has 100% more threads, and a 103.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Turion X2 Ultra ZM-88 and Core i5-2490M. We've got no test results to judge.


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AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-88
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