7 250H vs Pentium A1020

Primary details

Comparing Pentium A1020 and Core 7 250H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2634	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Power efficiency	7.48	no data
Architecture codename	no data	Raptor Lake-H (2023−2024)
Release date	1 January 2016 (8 years ago)	18 December 2024 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$502

Detailed specifications

Pentium A1020 and Core 7 250H 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	4 (Quad-Core)	14 (Tetradeca-Core)
Threads	4	20
Base clock speed	2.41 GHz	2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.7 GHz	5.4 GHz
L1 cache	no data	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	no data	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB L2 Cache	24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	10 nm
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	72 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium A1020 and Core 7 250H 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	FCBGA1170	Intel BGA 1744
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium A1020 and Core 7 250H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data

Security technologies

Pentium A1020 and Core 7 250H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	+	no data
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium A1020 and Core 7 250H are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	+
VT-x	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium A1020 and Core 7 250H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3L-1333	DDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory size	8 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.3 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel HD Graphics for Intel Atom Processor Z3700 Series	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96EU
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Graphics max frequency	896 MHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium A1020 and Core 7 250H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium A1020 and Core 7 250H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

11.2

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium A1020 and Core 7 250H.

PCIe version	2.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	4	8
USB revision	3.0 and 2.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	5	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 January 2016	18 December 2024
Physical cores	4	14
Threads	4	20
Chip lithography	22 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	45 Watt

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