i7-12700K vs Athlon II N350

Athlon II P320 Athlon II P340 Athlon II P360 Phenom II X3 N830 Phenom II X4 N930 Phenom II X4 N970 Phenom II X4 P960 Turion II P520 Turion II P540 V-Series V120 V-Series V140 V-Series V160
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Core i7-10700 Core i7-12700 Core i7-12700F Core i7-12700K Core i7-12700KF Core i7-12700T Core i7-13700K Core i7-13700KF Core i7-14700 Core i7-14700F Core i7-14700K Core i7-14700KF

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Athlon II N350 Athlon II N350
i7-12700K i7-12700K

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II N350 and Core i7-12700K processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated239
Place by popularitynot in top-10057
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data40.01
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Athlon IIIntel Core i7
Power efficiencyno data16.49
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Alder Lake, Golden Cove, Gracemont (2021)
Release date4 October 2010 (14 years ago)27 October 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$409

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon II N350 and Core i7-12700K 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)
Threads220
Base clock speedno data3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz5 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 4.0
Bus rate3200 MHz8 × 16 GT/s
Multiplierno data36
L1 cache256 KB384 KB
L2 cache1 MB2 MB
L3 cacheno data1 MB
Chip lithography45 nm10 nm
Die size117.5 mm2215.25 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors234 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II N350 and Core i7-12700K 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 configurationno data1
SocketS1FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II N350 and Core i7-12700K. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, VirtualizationIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
VirusProtect+-
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
SIPP-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Athlon II N350 and Core i7-12700K technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II N350 and Core i7-12700K are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II N350 and Core i7-12700K. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data76.805 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics 770
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.5 GHz
Execution Unitsno data32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon II N350 and Core i7-12700K integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Athlon II N350 and Core i7-12700K integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Athlon II N350 and Core i7-12700K integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II N350 and Core i7-12700K.

PCIe versionno data5.0 and 4.0
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.

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Athlon II N350 767
i7-12700K 34596
+4411%

Pros & cons summary

Recency 4 October 2010 27 October 2021
Physical cores 2 12
Threads 2 20
Chip lithography 45 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 125 Watt

Athlon II N350 has 257.1% lower power consumption.

i7-12700K, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, 500% more physical cores and 900% more threads, and a 350% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Athlon II N350 and Core i7-12700K. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Athlon II N350 is a notebook processor while Core i7-12700K is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon II N350 and Core i7-12700K, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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