Turion II Ultra M600 vs Core 2 Duo P8800

Place in performance ranking	2655	2667
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core 2 Duo	AMD Turion II Ultra
Architecture codename	Penryn (2008−2011)	Caspian (2009)
Release date	1 April 2009 (15 years ago)	10 September 2009 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$241	no data
Current price	$66 (0.3x MSRP)	$25

Detailed Specifications

Core 2 Duo P8800 and Turion II Ultra M600 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	2.66 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.66 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus support	1066 MHz	3600 MHz
L1 cache	128 KB	no data
L2 cache	3 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	3 MB L2 Cache	no data
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Die size	107 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	410 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No
VID voltage range	1V-1.25V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo P8800 and Turion II Ultra M600 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.

Socket	BGA479,PGA478	Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo P8800 and Turion II Ultra M600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
PowerNow	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo P8800 and Turion II Ultra M600 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 Core 2 Duo P8800 and Turion II Ultra M600 are enumerated here.

VT-x

no data

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.

Core 2 Duo P8800 0.61
+1.7%

Turion II Ultra M600 0.60

Core 2 Duo P8800 outperforms Turion II Ultra M600 by 2% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Core 2 Duo P8800 949
+2.8%

Turion II Ultra M600 923

Core 2 Duo P8800 outperforms Turion II Ultra M600 by 3% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Core 2 Duo P8800 331
+13.4%

Turion II Ultra M600 292

Core 2 Duo P8800 outperforms Turion II Ultra M600 by 13% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Core 2 Duo P8800 538
+5.5%

Turion II Ultra M600 510

Core 2 Duo P8800 outperforms Turion II Ultra M600 by 5% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Core 2 Duo P8800 2932
+38.3%

Turion II Ultra M600 2120

Core 2 Duo P8800 outperforms Turion II Ultra M600 by 38% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Core 2 Duo P8800 5370
+31%

Turion II Ultra M600 4100

Core 2 Duo P8800 outperforms Turion II Ultra M600 by 31% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Core 2 Duo P8800 2355
+23.6%

Turion II Ultra M600 1905

Core 2 Duo P8800 outperforms Turion II Ultra M600 by 24% in 3DMark06 CPU.