Athlon 64 X2 5000+ vs Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85

Primary details

Comparing Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 and Athlon 64 X2 5000+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2820	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	2x AMD Turion Ultra	no data
Power efficiency	1.51	no data
Architecture codename	Puma (2008−2009)	Windsor (2006−2007)
Release date	4 June 2008 (16 years ago)	May 2006 (18 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 and Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 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	2.3 GHz	2.6 GHz
Bus rate	4400 MHz	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	65 nm	90 nm
Die size	no data	220 mm2
Number of transistors	no data	154 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 and Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 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	S1g2	AM2
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	89 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 and Athlon 64 X2 5000+. 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 Ultra ZM-85 and Athlon 64 X2 5000+ are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 and Athlon 64 X2 5000+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR2

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Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography	65 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	89 Watt

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