AMD Phenom II X4 P960 vs AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-87

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X4 P960 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 P960

• CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
• 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 35 Watt
• 2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1404 vs 599

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-87

• Around 33% higher clock speed: 2.4 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
• Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 770 vs 738

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X4 P960
CPU 2: AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-87

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	738 770
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1404 599

Compare specifications (specs)