5 120UL vs Athlon 300U

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon 300U and Core 5 120UL processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1772not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Athlonno data
Power efficiency15.32no data
Architecture codenameRaven Ridge 2 (2019)Raptor Lake-PS (2024)
Release date6 January 2019 (5 years ago)8 April 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon 300U and Core 5 120UL 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)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads412
Base clock speed2.4 GHz1.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz4.6 GHz
Bus typePCIe 3.0no data
Multiplier24no data
L1 cache128K (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Die size209.78 mm2no data
Number of transistors4940 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 300U and Core 5 120UL 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFP51700
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 300U and Core 5 120UL. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTno data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
TSX-+

Security technologies

Athlon 300U and Core 5 120UL technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 300U and Core 5 120UL are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 300U and Core 5 120UL. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 300U and Core 5 120UL.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes128

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 January 2019 8 April 2024
Physical cores 2 10
Threads 4 12
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm

5 120UL has an age advantage of 5 years, 400% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 300U and Core 5 120UL. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Athlon 300U is a notebook processor while Core 5 120UL is a desktop one.


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