AMD A8-3520M vs AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-87

Comparative analysis of AMD A8-3520M and AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-87 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Virtualization, Advanced Technologies. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-3520M

• CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
• Around 4% higher clock speed: 2.5 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 65 nm
• 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 10% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 844 vs 770
• 2.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1441 vs 599

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A8-3520M
CPU 2: AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-87

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	844 770
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1441 599

Compare specifications (specs)