i7-11700F vs Athlon 1200

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon 1200 and Core i7-11700F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated558
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiencyno data19.25
Architecture codenameThunderbird C (2000−2001)Rocket Lake (2021)
Release dateOctober 2000 (24 years ago)16 March 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon 1200 and Core i7-11700F 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)
Threads116
Base clock speedno data2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed1.2 GHz4.9 GHz
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
L1 cache128 KB80K (per core)
L2 cache256 KB256K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography180 nm14 nm
Die size120 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors37 millionno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 1200 and Core i7-11700F 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
SocketAFCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)66 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 1200 and Core i7-11700F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Athlon 1200 and Core i7-11700F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 1200 and Core i7-11700F are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 1200 and Core i7-11700F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1DDR4-3200
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data50 GB/s

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 1200 and Core i7-11700F.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 8
Threads 1 16
Chip lithography 180 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 66 Watt 65 Watt

i7-11700F has 700% more physical cores and 1500% more threads, a 1185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 1.5% lower power consumption.

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