AMD Turion II Ultra M600 vs AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-87

Comparative analysis of AMD Turion II Ultra M600 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 - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

AMD Turion II Ultra M600

AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-87

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion II Ultra M600

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
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 987 vs 770
Around 59% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 955 vs 599

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 September 2009 vs June 2008
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	987 vs 770
PassMark - CPU mark	955 vs 599

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Turion II Ultra M600
CPU 2: AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-87

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

987

770

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

955

599

Name	AMD Turion II Ultra M600	AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-87
PassMark - Single thread mark	987	770
PassMark - CPU mark	955	599
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	1442
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	2456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	1.254
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3.259
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.072

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Turion II Ultra M600	AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-87
Essentials
Architecture codename	Caspian	Griffin
Launch date	10 September 2009	June 2008
Place in performance rating	2588	2612
Series	AMD Turion II Ultra
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Performance
64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB)	3600 MHz
L2 cache	2048 KB	2048 KB
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	65 nm
Maximum frequency	2.4 GHz	2.4 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	2
L1 cache		256 KB
Compatibility
Sockets supported	Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin	S1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Advanced Technologies
PowerNow
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)