i5-12500H vs Pentium D 920

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium D 920 and Core i5-12500H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated569
Place by popularitynot in top-10035
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Alder Lake-P
Power efficiencyno data27.87
Architecture codenamePresler (2005−2007)Alder Lake-H (2022)
Release date16 January 2006 (18 years ago)January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$241no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium D 920 and Core i5-12500H 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)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads216
Base clock speed2.8 GHz2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz4.5 GHz
L1 cache16 KB (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB (per die)1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size2x 81 mm2217 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)63 °Cno data
Number of transistors376 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range1.2V-1.3375Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium D 920 and Core i5-12500H 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
SocketLGA775,PLGA775FCBGA1744
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 920 and Core i5-12500H. 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-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAE32 Bitno data
FSB parity-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Pentium D 920 and Core i5-12500H 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 Pentium D 920 and Core i5-12500H are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium D 920 and Core i5-12500H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.3 GHz
Execution Unitsno data80

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium D 920 and Core i5-12500H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium D 920 and Core i5-12500H integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium D 920 and Core i5-12500H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium D 920 and Core i5-12500H.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 12
Threads 2 16
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 45 Watt

i5-12500H has 500% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and 111.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium D 920 and Core i5-12500H. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium D 920 is a desktop processor while Core i5-12500H is a notebook one.


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