i5-12400F vs A4-1200

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Primary details

Comparing A4-1200 and Core i5-12400F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated621
Place by popularitynot in top-1004
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data43.61
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD A-Seriesno data
Power efficiencyno data17.89
Architecture codenameTemash (2013)Alder Lake-S (2022)
Release date23 May 2013 (11 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$180

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

A4-1200 and Core i5-12400F basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speedno data2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed1 GHz4.4 GHz
L1 cache128K (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size246 mm2163 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)90 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,178 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on A4-1200 and Core i5-12400F compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketFT3FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)4 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-1200 and Core i5-12400F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVXIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

A4-1200 and Core i5-12400F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-1200 and Core i5-12400F are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-1200 and Core i5-12400F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data76.8 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 8180no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A4-1200 and Core i5-12400F.

PCIe versionno data5.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

A4-1200 369
i5-12400F 19524
+5191%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

A4-1200 110
i5-12400F 2218
+1916%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

A4-1200 190
i5-12400F 9094
+4686%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

A4-1200 706
i5-12400F 8389
+1089%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

A4-1200 1248
i5-12400F 40690
+3160%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

A4-1200 733
i5-12400F 11892
+1522%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

A4-1200 111.9
i5-12400F 4.08
+2643%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

A4-1200 0
i5-12400F 20
+4755%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

A4-1200 31
i5-12400F 1759
+5574%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

A4-1200 19
i5-12400F 244
+1184%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

A4-1200 0.24
i5-12400F 2.95
+1129%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

A4-1200 0.3
i5-12400F 9.3
+3000%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

A4-1200 3
i5-12400F 101
+3456%

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

A4-1200 11
i5-12400F 253
+2105%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

A4-1200 447
i5-12400F 7816
+1649%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 May 2013 4 January 2022
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 12
Power consumption (TDP) 4 Watt 65 Watt

A4-1200 has 1525% lower power consumption.

i5-12400F, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, and 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads.

We couldn't decide between A4-1200 and Core i5-12400F. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that A4-1200 is a notebook processor while Core i5-12400F is a desktop one.


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