Turion X2 Ultra ZM-88 vs Xeon X5470

Primary details

Comparing Xeon X5470 and Turion X2 Ultra ZM-88 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1992not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Power efficiency1.45no data
Architecture codenameno dataGriffin (2008−2009)
Release date1 July 2008 (16 years ago)December 2008 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon X5470 and Turion X2 Ultra ZM-88 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 coresno data2 (Dual-core)
Threadsno data2
Base clock speed3.33 GHzno data
Boost clock speedno data2.5 GHz
L1 cacheno data256 KB
L2 cacheno data2 MB
L3 cache12 MB L2 Cache0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm65 nm
Maximum core temperature63 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.35Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X5470 and Turion X2 Ultra ZM-88 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 configurationno data1
SocketLGA771S1
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X5470 and Turion X2 Ultra ZM-88. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

PowerNow-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching+no data
FSB parity+no data

Security technologies

Xeon X5470 and Turion X2 Ultra ZM-88 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon X5470 and Turion X2 Ultra ZM-88 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-x+no data
EPT-no data

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 45 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 35 Watt

Xeon X5470 has a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

Turion X2 Ultra ZM-88, on the other hand, has 242.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon X5470 and Turion X2 Ultra ZM-88. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon X5470 is a server/workstation processor while Turion X2 Ultra ZM-88 is a notebook one.


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