i5-12400F vs Atom N2800
Primary details
Comparing Atom N2800 and Core i5-12400F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 618 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 4 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 43.60 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | Intel Atom | no data |
| Power efficiency | no data | 17.89 |
| Architecture codename | Cedarview-M (2011−2012) | Alder Lake-S (2022) |
| Release date | 1 December 2011 (12 years ago) | 4 January 2022 (2 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $47 | $180 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Atom N2800 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 cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | 1.86 GHz | 2.5 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.87 GHz | 4.4 GHz |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 80K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 1.25 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 18 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | Intel 7 nm |
| Die size | 66 mm2 | 163 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | 176 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Atom N2800 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 configuration | 1 | 1 |
| Socket | FCBGA559 | FCLGA1700 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 6.5 Watt | 65 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N2800 and Core i5-12400F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | + |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Atom N2800 and Core i5-12400F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| Secure Key | no data | + |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom N2800 and Core i5-12400F are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | - | + |
| VT-x | - | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N2800 and Core i5-12400F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200 |
| Maximum memory size | 4.88 GB | 128 GB |
| Max memory channels | 1 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 76.8 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom N2800 and Core i5-12400F.
| PCIe version | no data | 5.0 and 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 20 |
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
i5-12400F, 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 i5-12400F. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Atom N2800 is a notebook processor while Core i5-12400F is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Atom N2800 and Core i5-12400F, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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