Mobile Pentium III 500 vs i5-1240P

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-1240P and Mobile Pentium III 500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Alder Lake-Pno data
Power efficiency36.33no data
Architecture codenameAlder Lake-P (2022)Coppermine (1999−2001)
Release date23 February 2022 (2 years ago)25 October 1999 (25 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$530

Detailed specifications

Core i5-1240P and Mobile Pentium III 500 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads161
Base clock speed1.7 GHzno data
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz0.5 GHz
L1 cache80K (per core)32 KB
L2 cache1.25 MB (per core)256 KB
L3 cache12 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nm180 nm
Die size217 mm2106 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data28 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-1240P and Mobile Pentium III 500 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
SocketFCBGA1744495
Power consumption (TDP)28 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-1240P and Mobile Pentium III 500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2no data
AES-NI+-
FMA+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Core i5-1240P and Mobile Pentium III 500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-1240P and Mobile Pentium III 500 are enumerated here.

VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-1240P and Mobile Pentium III 500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4, DDR5no data
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligibleOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency1.3 GHzno data
Execution Units80no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-1240P and Mobile Pentium III 500 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported4no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-1240P and Mobile Pentium III 500 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2304 @ 60Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096 x 2304 @ 120Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort7680 x 4320 @ 60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-1240P and Mobile Pentium III 500 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-1240P and Mobile Pentium III 500.

PCIe version4.0no data
PCI Express lanes20no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 February 2022 25 October 1999
Physical cores 12 1
Threads 16 1
Power consumption (TDP) 28 Watt 17 Watt

i5-1240P has an age advantage of 22 years, and 1100% more physical cores and 1500% more threads.

Mobile Pentium III 500, on the other hand, has 64.7% lower power consumption.

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