5 120UL vs Athlon PRO 300U

Primary details

Comparing Athlon PRO 300U and Core 5 120UL processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1703	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Athlon	no data
Architecture codename	Zen+ (2018−2019)	Raptor Lake-PS (2024)
Release date	8 April 2019 (5 years ago)	8 April 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon PRO 300U and Core 5 120UL 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)	10 (Deca-Core)
Threads	4	12
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	1.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.3 GHz	4.6 GHz
Bus type	PCIe 3.0	no data
Multiplier	24	no data
L1 cache	192 KB	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	12 nm	10 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2	no data
Number of transistors	4940 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon PRO 300U and Core 5 120UL 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	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	AM4	1700
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon PRO 300U and Core 5 120UL. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
TSX	-	+

Security technologies

Athlon PRO 300U and Core 5 120UL technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

no data

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Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon PRO 300U and Core 5 120UL are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon PRO 300U and Core 5 120UL. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory size	32 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon PRO 300U and Core 5 120UL.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	12	8

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	8 April 2019	8 April 2024
Physical cores	2	10
Threads	4	12
Chip lithography	12 nm	10 nm

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