i5-12400 vs Atom N2800

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Primary details

Comparing Atom N2800 and Core i5-12400 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated626
Place by popularitynot in top-10062
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Atomno data
Power efficiencyno data17.75
Architecture codenameCedarview-M (2011−2012)Alder Lake-S (2022)
Release date1 December 2011 (12 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$47no data

Detailed specifications

Atom N2800 and Core i5-12400 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)
Threads412
Base clock speed1.86 GHz2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed1.87 GHz4.4 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (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 size66 mm2163 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors176 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Atom N2800 and Core i5-12400 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
SocketFCBGA559FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)6.5 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N2800 and Core i5-12400. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring++
Demand Based Switching-no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Atom N2800 and Core i5-12400 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom N2800 and Core i5-12400 are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x-+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N2800 and Core i5-12400. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size4.88 GB128 GB
Max memory channels12
Maximum memory bandwidthno data76.8 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650Intel UHD Graphics 730
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.45 GHz
Execution Unitsno data24

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom N2800 and Core i5-12400 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom N2800 and Core i5-12400 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Atom N2800 and Core i5-12400 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom N2800 and Core i5-12400.

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.

Atom N2800 444
i5-12400 19362
+4261%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 December 2011 4 January 2022
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 4 12
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 65 Watt

Atom N2800 has 983.3% lower power consumption.

i5-12400, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, and 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Atom N2800 and Core i5-12400. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Atom N2800 is a notebook processor while Core i5-12400 is a desktop one.


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