i5-10400F vs Athlon MP 1200

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon MP 1200 and Core i5-10400F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated910
Place by popularitynot in top-1009
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data24.29
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Athlon MPno data
Power efficiencyno data11.94
Architecture codenameK7 (2000−2004)Comet Lake (2020)
Release date5 June 2001 (23 years ago)30 April 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$265$155

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon MP 1200 and Core i5-10400F 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 data2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed1.2 GHz4.3 GHz
Bus typeFSBno data
Bus rate200 MT/s8 GT/s
Multiplier12no data
L1 cache128 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache256 KB256K (per core)
L3 cacheno data12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography180 nm14 nm
Die size128 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors38 Millionno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon MP 1200 and Core i5-10400F 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 configuration2 (Multiprocessor)1
Socketno dataFCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)54.7 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon MP 1200 and Core i5-10400F. 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-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Athlon MP 1200 and Core i5-10400F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon MP 1200 and Core i5-10400F are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon MP 1200 and Core i5-10400F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory size4 GB128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data41.6 GB/s

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon MP 1200 and Core i5-10400F.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 June 2001 30 April 2020
Physical cores 1 6
Threads 1 12
Chip lithography 180 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 54 Watt 65 Watt

Athlon MP 1200 has 20.4% lower power consumption.

i5-10400F, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 18 years, 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 1185.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Athlon MP 1200 and Core i5-10400F. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Athlon MP 1200 is a server/workstation processor while Core i5-10400F is a desktop one.


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