Core 2 Duo SP7500 vs Turion X2 Ultra ZM-86

Primary details

Comparing Turion X2 Ultra ZM-86 and Core 2 Duo SP7500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2820not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series2x AMD Turion UltraIntel Core 2 Duo
Architecture codenameGriffin (2008−2009)Merom (2006−2008)
Release date3 June 2008 (16 years ago)15 January 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Turion X2 Ultra ZM-86 and Core 2 Duo SP7500 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
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHz800 MHz
L1 cache256 KBno data
L2 cache2 MB4 MB
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography65 nm65 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Turion X2 Ultra ZM-86 and Core 2 Duo SP7500 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 configuration1no data
SocketS1g2no data
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt20 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion X2 Ultra ZM-86 and Core 2 Duo SP7500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions65 nm, 1.1-1.125Vno data
PowerNow+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion X2 Ultra ZM-86 and Core 2 Duo SP7500 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Turion X2 Ultra ZM-86 1965
+11.3%
Core 2 Duo SP7500 1766

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Turion X2 Ultra ZM-86 3840
+38.1%
Core 2 Duo SP7500 2781

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Turion X2 Ultra ZM-86 1618
+64.7%
Core 2 Duo SP7500 982

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 June 2008 15 January 2008
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 20 Watt

Turion X2 Ultra ZM-86 has an age advantage of 4 months.

Core 2 Duo SP7500, on the other hand, has 75% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Turion X2 Ultra ZM-86 and Core 2 Duo SP7500. We've got no test results to judge.


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