i5-12450H vs Athlon II M320

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon II M320
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.47
Core i5-12450H
2022
8 cores / 12 threads, 45 Watt
10.67
+2170%

Core i5-12450H outperforms Athlon II M320 by a whopping 2170% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II M320 and Core i5-12450H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2927737
Place by popularitynot in top-1004
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Athlon IIIntel Alder Lake-P
Power efficiency1.2722.43
Architecture codenameCaspian (2009)Alder Lake-H (2022)
Release date10 September 2009 (15 years ago)January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon II M320 and Core i5-12450H 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speedno data2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz4.4 GHz
Bus rate3200 MHzno data
L1 cache128 KB80K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm10 nm
Die sizeno data217 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II M320 and Core i5-12450H 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 configurationno data1
SocketSocket S1 (S1g3)Intel BGA 1744
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II M320 and Core i5-12450H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualizationno data
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
PowerNow+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
TSX-+

Security technologies

Athlon II M320 and Core i5-12450H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II M320 and Core i5-12450H are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II M320 and Core i5-12450H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2DDR4, DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs ( - 1200 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II M320 and Core i5-12450H.

PCIe versionno data4.0
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.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Athlon II M320 0.47
i5-12450H 10.67
+2170%

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.

Athlon II M320 749
i5-12450H 16945
+2162%

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.

Athlon II M320 1795
i5-12450H 8178
+356%

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.

Athlon II M320 3476
i5-12450H 35790
+930%

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.

Athlon II M320 1668
i5-12450H 11439
+586%

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.

Athlon II M320 37.16
i5-12450H 7.23
+414%

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.

Athlon II M320 1
i5-12450H 16
+1359%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.47 10.67
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 2 12
Chip lithography 45 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 45 Watt

Athlon II M320 has 28.6% lower power consumption.

i5-12450H, on the other hand, has a 2170.2% higher aggregate performance score, 300% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 350% more advanced lithography process.

The Core i5-12450H is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon II M320 in performance tests.


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