i5-11400F vs Athlon 950

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon 950 and Core i5-11400F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated734
Place by popularitynot in top-10030
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data39.22
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiencyno data15.57
Architecture codenameThunderbird (1999−2000)Rocket Lake (2021)
Release date6 March 2000 (24 years ago)16 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$999$157

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon 950 and Core i5-11400F 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads112
Base clock speedno data2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed0.95 GHz4.4 GHz
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
L1 cache128 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB256K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography180 nm14 nm
Die size102 mm2276 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)70 °C72 °C
Number of transistors22 millionno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 950 and Core i5-11400F 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
SocketA1200
Power consumption (TDP)62 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 950 and Core i5-11400F. 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-+
vProno data-
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 950 and Core i5-11400F 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 950 and Core i5-11400F are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 950 and Core i5-11400F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

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

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/Ano data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 950 and Core i5-11400F.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 March 2000 16 March 2021
Physical cores 1 6
Threads 1 12
Chip lithography 180 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 62 Watt 65 Watt

Athlon 950 has 4.8% lower power consumption.

i5-11400F, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 21 year, 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 1185.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 950 and Core i5-11400F. We've got no test results to judge.


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