i5-12600KF vs Atom N270

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Primary details

Comparing Atom N270 and Core i5-12600KF processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated351
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data46.89
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel AtomIntel Core i5
Power efficiencyno data13.31
Architecture codenameDiamondVille (2008−2009)Alder Lake, Golden Cove, Gracemont (2021)
Release date2 April 2008 (16 years ago)27 October 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$44$264

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Atom N270 and Core i5-12600KF 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)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads216
Base clock speed1.6 GHz3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed0.1 GHz4.9 GHz
Bus typeFSBDMI 4.0
Bus rate533.33 MT/s8 × 16 GT/s
Multiplier1237
L1 cache56 KB384 KB
L2 cache512 KB9.5 MB
L3 cache0 KB2 MB
Chip lithography45 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size25.9638 mm2215.25 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors47 Millionno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+
VID voltage range0.9V-1.1625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Atom N270 and Core i5-12600KF 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketPBGA437FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)2.5 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N270 and Core i5-12600KF. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE, Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
Idle States-+
Thermal Monitoring++
Demand Based Switching-no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
FSB parity-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Atom N270 and Core i5-12600KF technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom N270 and Core i5-12600KF are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x-+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N270 and Core i5-12600KF. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size8 GB128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data76.805 GB/s

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom N270 and Core i5-12600KF.

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.

Atom N270 136
i5-12600KF 27910
+20422%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2008 27 October 2021
Physical cores 1 10
Threads 2 16
Power consumption (TDP) 2 Watt 125 Watt

Atom N270 has 6150% lower power consumption.

i5-12600KF, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, and 900% more physical cores and 700% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Atom N270 and Core i5-12600KF. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Atom N270 is a notebook processor while Core i5-12600KF is a desktop one.


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