Athlon II X2 250 vs Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85

Primary details

Comparing Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 and Athlon II X2 250 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2815	2718
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	3.61
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	2x AMD Turion Ultra	no data
Power efficiency	1.51	1.00
Architecture codename	Puma (2008−2009)	Regor (2009−2013)
Release date	4 June 2008 (16 years ago)	2 June 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$39

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 and Athlon II X2 250 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	no data	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	3 GHz
Bus rate	4400 MHz	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	65 nm	45 nm
Die size	no data	117 mm2
Number of transistors	no data	410 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 and Athlon II X2 250 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	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 and Athlon II X2 250. 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 II X2 250 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 and Athlon II X2 250. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR2

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 and Athlon II X2 250.

PCIe version

no data

2.0

Pros & cons summary

---

Performance score	0.58	0.71
Recency	4 June 2008	2 June 2009
Chip lithography	65 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt

---

Should you still have questions on choice between Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 and Athlon II X2 250, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite CPU.

---