Core i5-12400F vs Core 2 Duo L7200

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo L7200 and Core i5-12400F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated617
Place by popularitynot in top-1004
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data45.55
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Power efficiencyno data17.90
Architecture codenameno dataAlder Lake-S (2022)
Release date1 January 2007 (17 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

Core 2 Duo L7200 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)
Threadsno data12
Base clock speed1.33 GHz2.5 GHz
Boost clock speedno data4.4 GHz
Bus rate667 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data80K (per core)
L2 cacheno data1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB L2 Cache18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data163 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range0.9V-1.1Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo L7200 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 configurationno data1
SocketPBGA479FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)17 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo L7200 and Core i5-12400F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® 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 States-+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switching-no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
FSB parity-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo L7200 and Core i5-12400F 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 Core 2 Duo L7200 and Core i5-12400F are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo L7200 and Core i5-12400F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data76.8 GB/s

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo L7200 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.

Core 2 Duo L7200 684
i5-12400F 19531
+2755%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2007 4 January 2022
Physical cores 2 6
Power consumption (TDP) 17 Watt 65 Watt

Core 2 Duo L7200 has 282.4% lower power consumption.

i5-12400F, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 15 years, and 200% more physical cores.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo L7200 and Core i5-12400F. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Core 2 Duo L7200 is a notebook processor while Core i5-12400F is a desktop one.


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