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

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

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

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Frequency
  1.50 GHz 2.10 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.

• GPU name
  no iGPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics 32 (Alder Lake S)
• GPU frequency
  0.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.45 GHz
• Execution units
  32
• Shader
  256
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 16 GB
• Max. displays
  4
• Generation
  12
• Technology
  10 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2021

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h264
  No Decode / Encode
• VP8
  No Decode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No Decode
• AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• JPEG
  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.

• Memory type
  DDR2 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
• Max. Memory
  256 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• ECC
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Athlon Neo X2 L325 and Intel Core i7-12700 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  18 W 65 W
• Tjunction max.
  95 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Athlon Neo X2 L325 and AMD Athlon Neo X2 L325, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  Unknown SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  1.00 MB 2.50 MB
• L3-Cache
  -- 25.00 MB
• Architecture
  Unknown Alder Lake S
• Technology
  10 nm
• Virtualization
  Unknown VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Socket
  ASB1 LGA 1700
• Release date
  Q3/2009 Q4/2021