Turion X2 Ultra ZM-87 vs Turion X2 RM-70

General info

Comparing Turion X2 RM-70 and Turion X2 Ultra ZM-87 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	2x AMD Turion	no data
Architecture codename	Puma (2008−2009)	Griffin (2008−2009)
Release date	3 June 2008 (15 years ago)	June 2008 (15 years ago)
Current price	$27	$19.49

Technical specs

Turion X2 RM-70 and Turion X2 Ultra ZM-87 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
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus support	3600 MHz	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	65 nm	65 nm
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Turion X2 RM-70 and Turion X2 Ultra ZM-87 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	S1	S1
Power consumption (TDP)	31 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion X2 RM-70 and Turion X2 Ultra ZM-87. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization	no data
PowerNow	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion X2 RM-70 and Turion X2 Ultra ZM-87 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Power consumption (TDP)

31 Watt

35 Watt

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