AMD Phenom II X3 P860 vs AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-80

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X3 P860 and AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-80 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, 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 Phenom II X3 P860

• CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
• 1 more threads: 3 vs 2
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
• Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 34% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 831 vs 618
• 2.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1250 vs 506

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-80

• Around 5% higher clock speed: 2.1 GHz vs 2 GHz
• Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 32 Watt vs 35 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X3 P860
CPU 2: AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-80

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	831 618
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1250 506

Compare specifications (specs)