Mobile Pentium III 500 vs Duron 1200

Primary details

Comparing Duron 1200 and Mobile Pentium III 500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Duronno data
Architecture codenameK7 (2000−2004)Coppermine (1999−2001)
Release date30 January 2002 (22 years ago)25 October 1999 (25 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$530

Detailed specifications

Duron 1200 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 cores1 (Single-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads11
Boost clock speed1.2 GHz0.5 GHz
Bus typeFSBno data
Bus rate200 MT/sno data
Multiplier12no data
L1 cacheno data32 KB
L2 cache64 KB256 KB
Chip lithography180 nm180 nm
Die size105.68 mm2106 mm2
Number of transistors25 Million28 million
64 bit support--
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Duron 1200 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
Socketno data495
Power consumption (TDP)54.7 Watt17 Watt

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Duron 1200 and Mobile Pentium III 500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Maximum memory size4 GBno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 January 2002 25 October 1999
Power consumption (TDP) 54 Watt 17 Watt

Duron 1200 has an age advantage of 2 years.

Mobile Pentium III 500, on the other hand, has 217.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Duron 1200 and Mobile Pentium III 500. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Duron 1200 is a desktop processor while Mobile Pentium III 500 is a notebook one.


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