i5-12450H vs Pentium M 780

Aggregate performance score

Pentium M 780
2005
1 core / 1 thread, 27 Watt
0.24
Core i5-12450H
2022
8 cores / 12 threads, 45 Watt
10.70
+4358%

Core i5-12450H outperforms Pentium M 780 by a whopping 4358% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium M 780 and Core i5-12450H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3169727
Place by popularitynot in top-1002
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesPentium MIntel Alder Lake-P
Power efficiency0.8422.50
Architecture codenameDothan (2004−2005)Alder Lake-H (2022)
Release date25 July 2005 (19 years ago)January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium M 780 and Core i5-12450H 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads112
Base clock speed2.26 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed0.03 GHz4.4 GHz
Bus rate533 MHzno data
L1 cache32 KB80K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography90 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size87 mm2217 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Number of transistors144 millionno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range1.26V-1.404Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium M 780 and Core i5-12450H 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
SocketPPGA478, H-PBGA479FCBGA1744
Power consumption (TDP)27 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium M 780 and Core i5-12450H. 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 M 780 and Core i5-12450H 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 M 780 and Core i5-12450H are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x-+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium M 780 and Core i5-12450H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2DDR4, 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® UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.2 GHz
Execution Unitsno data48

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium M 780 and Core i5-12450H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium M 780 and Core i5-12450H 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 M 780 and Core i5-12450H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium M 780 and Core i5-12450H.

PCIe versionno data4.0
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.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pentium M 780 0.24
i5-12450H 10.70
+4358%

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.

Pentium M 780 933
i5-12450H 11439
+1126%

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.

Pentium M 780 80
i5-12450H 7.23
+1007%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.24 10.70
Physical cores 1 8
Threads 1 12
Power consumption (TDP) 27 Watt 45 Watt

Pentium M 780 has 66.7% lower power consumption.

i5-12450H, on the other hand, has a 4358.3% higher aggregate performance score, and 700% more physical cores and 1100% more threads.

The Core i5-12450H is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium M 780 in performance tests.


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