Athlon II X2 235e vs Turion X2 Ultra ZM-86

Primary details

Comparing Turion X2 Ultra ZM-86 and Athlon II X2 235e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2744	2618
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	7.49
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	2x AMD Turion Ultra	no data
Architecture codename	Griffin (2008−2009)	Regor (2009−2013)
Release date	3 June 2008 (16 years ago)	October 2009 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$84
Current price	$45	$52 (0.6x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Turion X2 Ultra ZM-86 and Athlon II X2 235e 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	2.4 GHz	2.7 GHz
Bus support	3600 MHz	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	65 nm	45 nm
Die size	no data	117 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	410 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Turion X2 Ultra ZM-86 and Athlon II X2 235e 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	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion X2 Ultra ZM-86 and Athlon II X2 235e. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	65 nm, 1.1-1.125V	no data
PowerNow	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion X2 Ultra ZM-86 and Athlon II X2 235e are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion X2 Ultra ZM-86 and Athlon II X2 235e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR3

Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.54	0.70
Chip lithography	65 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt

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