Athlon XP-M 1200+ vs Ryzen 5 1500X

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 1500X and Athlon XP-M 1200+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1137not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.14no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5AMD Athlon XP-M
Power efficiency8.34no data
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)K7 (2000−2004)
Release date16 March 2017 (7 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$189no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 1500X and Athlon XP-M 1200+ 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads81
Base clock speed3.5 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz1 GHz
Bus typeno dataFSB
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s200 MT/s
Multiplier3510
L1 cache384 KB128 KB
L2 cache2 MB256 KB
L3 cache16 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography14 nm130 nm
Die size213 mm285 mm2
Number of transistors4800 Million37 Million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 1500X and Athlon XP-M 1200+ 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)no data
SocketAM4Socket 563
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt16 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and Athlon XP-M 1200+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTno data
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
PowerNow-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and Athlon XP-M 1200+ are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and Athlon XP-M 1200+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4no data
Maximum memory size64 GB4 GB
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and Athlon XP-M 1200+.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes20no data

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 1
Threads 8 1
Chip lithography 14 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 16 Watt

Ryzen 5 1500X has 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 828.6% more advanced lithography process.

Athlon XP-M 1200+, on the other hand, has 306.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 1500X and Athlon XP-M 1200+. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 5 1500X is a desktop processor while Athlon XP-M 1200+ is a notebook one.


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