AMD Athlon Neo X2 L325 vs Intel Core i7-12700. Specifications

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Unknown M Intel Core i 12000
• Family
  AMD Athlon Intel Core i7
• Generation
  0 12
• Predecessor
  - Intel Core i7-11700
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  1.5 GHz 2.1 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• Core Configuration
  2x -
• CPU Cores
  2 12
• CPU Threads
  2 20
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  - 4.8 GHz
• A-Core
  - 8x Golden Cove
• B-Core
  - 4x Gracemont
• Turbo Frequency (12 Cores)
  - 4.1 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  - 12
• Execution units
  - 32
• Generation
  - 12
• GPU Frequency
  - 400 MHz
• GPU name
  no iGPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics 32 (Alder Lake S)
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1450 MHz
• Max. displays
  - 4
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 16 GB
• Release date
  - Q4/2021
• Shader
  - 256
• Technology
  - 10 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• VP8
  No Decode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-12700 and AMD Athlon Neo X2 L325. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  - 256 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR2 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
• PCIe lanes
  - 20
• PCIe version
  - 5.0

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Athlon Neo X2 L325 and Intel Core i7-12700 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  95 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  18 W 65 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Athlon Neo X2 L325 and Intel Core i7-12700, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  - Alder Lake S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  - SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  1 MB 2.5 MB
• L3-Cache
  - 25 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2009 Q4/2021
• Socket
  ASB1 LGA 1700
• Technology
  - 10 nm
• Virtualization
  - VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d