| Features | 8080 | 8085 |
| Processor speed (MHz) | 2 - 3.1 | 3 - 6 |
| Power supply | +5V, -5V and +12V | +5V |
| On-chip peripherals | | Clock oscillator (similar to 8224)
system controller (similar to 8228)
Serial I/O lines |
| Address/Data bus | Separate address and data busses | Multiplexed address and data |
| Pins/signals | | Reset Out pin
RD bus signal
WR bus signal
IO/M bus signal
ALE pin provides encoded bus status information |
| Interrupts | | Three maskable interrupts and one non-maskable |
| Instruction set | | RIM - read interrupt mask
SIM - Set interrupt mask |
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