Duo T2600 vs Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85

Primary details

Comparing Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 and Core Duo T2600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2798not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series2x AMD Turion UltraIntel Core Duo
Power efficiency1.51no data
Architecture codenamePuma (2008−2009)Yonah (2005−2006)
Release date4 June 2008 (16 years ago)5 January 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$440

Detailed specifications

Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 and Core Duo T2600 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speedno data2.16 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz2.16 GHz
Bus rate4400 MHz667 MHz
L1 cache256 KB0 KB
L2 cache2 MB2 MB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm65 nm
Die sizeno data90 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistorsno data151 Million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data1.1625V - 1.3V

Compatibility

Information on Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 and Core Duo T2600 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 configuration11
SocketS1g2PPGA478, PBGA479
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt31 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 and Core Duo T2600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualizationno data
PowerNow+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data-
PAEno data32 Bit
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 and Core Duo T2600 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 and Core Duo T2600 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 and Core Duo T2600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2DDR1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 June 2008 5 January 2006
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 31 Watt

Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 has an age advantage of 2 years.

Duo T2600, on the other hand, has 12.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 and Core Duo T2600. We've got no test results to judge.


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