i5-12450H vs Athlon II P360
Aggregate performance score
Core i5-12450H outperforms Athlon II P360 by a whopping 2271% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Athlon II P360 and Core i5-12450H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2949 | 737 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 4 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Athlon II | Intel Alder Lake-P |
| Power efficiency | 1.70 | 22.43 |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Alder Lake-H (2022) |
| Release date | 16 December 2010 (14 years ago) | January 2022 (2 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon II P360 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 cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 4.4 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3200 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | 80K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1.25 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 12 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 10 nm |
| Die size | no data | 217 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 100 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon II P360 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 configuration | no data | 1 |
| Socket | S1g4 | Intel BGA 1744 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 45 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II P360 and Core i5-12450H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | SSE-3, SSE4A, 3DNow!, MMX, DEP, SVM | no data |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| TSX | - | + |
Security technologies
Athlon II P360 and Core i5-12450H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II P360 and Core i5-12450H are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II P360 and Core i5-12450H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4, DDR5 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs ( - 1200 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II P360 and Core i5-12450H.
| PCIe version | no data | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 20 |
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.
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.
Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core
Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.
Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.
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.
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.
Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.45 | 10.67 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 8 |
| Threads | 2 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 45 Watt |
Athlon II P360 has 80% lower power consumption.
i5-12450H, on the other hand, has a 2271.1% higher aggregate performance score, 300% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 350% more advanced lithography process.
The Core i5-12450H is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon II P360 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon II P360 and Core i5-12450H, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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