Mobile Pentium III 500 vs i5-1240P

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-1240P and Mobile Pentium III 500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	731	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Alder Lake-P	no data
Power efficiency	36.18	no data
Architecture codename	Alder Lake-P (2022)	Coppermine (1999−2001)
Release date	23 February 2022 (2 years ago)	25 October 1999 (25 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$530

Detailed specifications

Core i5-1240P and Mobile Pentium III 500 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	12 (Dodeca-Core)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	16	1
Base clock speed	1.7 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	4.4 GHz	0.5 GHz
L1 cache	80K (per core)	32 KB
L2 cache	1.25 MB (per core)	256 KB
L3 cache	12 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	Intel 7 nm	180 nm
Die size	217 mm2	106 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	28 million
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-1240P and Mobile Pentium III 500 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	1
Socket	FCBGA1744	495
Power consumption (TDP)	28 Watt	17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-1240P and Mobile Pentium III 500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	no data
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	+	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	-
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Core i5-1240P and Mobile Pentium III 500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-1240P and Mobile Pentium III 500 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-1240P and Mobile Pentium III 500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4, DDR5	no data
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible	On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Graphics max frequency	1.3 GHz	no data
Execution Units	80	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-1240P and Mobile Pentium III 500 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

4

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Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-1240P and Mobile Pentium III 500 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz	no data
Max resolution over eDP	4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz	no data
Max resolution over DisplayPort	7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-1240P and Mobile Pentium III 500 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-1240P and Mobile Pentium III 500.

PCIe version	4.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	20	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	23 February 2022	25 October 1999
Physical cores	12	1
Threads	16	1
Power consumption (TDP)	28 Watt	17 Watt

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