AMD Athlon II M340 vs AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II M340 and AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Athlon II M340

AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II M340

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm

Launch date	10 September 2009 vs 4 June 2008
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 65 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85

Around 5% higher clock speed: 2.3 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
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 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 864 vs 858
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 828 vs 807

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	2.3 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
L1 cache	256 KB vs 128 KB
L2 cache	2 MB vs 1024 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	864 vs 858
PassMark - CPU mark	828 vs 807

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II M340
CPU 2: AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

858

864

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

807

828

Name	AMD Athlon II M340	AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85
PassMark - Single thread mark	858	864
PassMark - CPU mark	807	828

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II M340	AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-85
Essentials
Architecture codename	Caspian	Puma
Launch date	10 September 2009	4 June 2008
Place in performance rating	2480	2483
Series	AMD Athlon II	2x AMD Turion Ultra
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Performance
64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB)	3200 MHz	4400 MHz
L1 cache	128 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB	2 MB
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	65 nm
Maximum frequency	2.2 GHz	2.3 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	2	2
Compatibility
Sockets supported	Socket S1 (S1g3)	S1g2
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Advanced Technologies
PowerNow
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)