AMD Mobile Sempron SI-42 vs AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-87

Comparative analysis of AMD Mobile Sempron SI-42 and AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-87 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Mobile Sempron SI-42

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 35 Watt
Launch date 1 September 2009 vs June 2008
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 35 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-87

  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
  • Around 14% higher clock speed: 2.4 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 21% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 770 vs 637
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 599 vs 245
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 2 vs 1
Maximum frequency 2.4 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
L1 cache 256 KB vs 128 KB
L2 cache 2048 KB vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 770 vs 637
PassMark - CPU mark 599 vs 245

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Mobile Sempron SI-42
CPU 2: AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-87

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
637
770
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
245
599
Name AMD Mobile Sempron SI-42 AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-87
PassMark - Single thread mark 637 770
PassMark - CPU mark 245 599
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 887
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 829

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Mobile Sempron SI-42 AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-87

Essentials

Architecture codename Sable Griffin
Launch date 1 September 2009 June 2008
Place in performance rating 2624 2612
Series AMD Mobile Sempron
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB) 1800 MHz
L1 cache 128 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 512 KB 2048 KB
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 65 nm
Maximum core temperature 100 °C
Maximum frequency 2.1 GHz 2.4 GHz
Number of cores 1 2
Number of threads 1

Compatibility

Sockets supported S1g2 S1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 35 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Advanced Technologies

PowerNow

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)