Intel Core i5-12400 vs Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 14 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 153.99
$ 862.09 significantly less expensive
$ 1016.08

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7038 points
5% slightly better overall score
6682 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9694 points
55% significantly better gaming score
6240 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6210 points
6819 points
9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6013 points
6860 points
14% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

164.62 points
200.70 points
21% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8911 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
7768 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2130 points
99% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1069 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8875 points
8934 points
0.66% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2207 points
105% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1072 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
14
133% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
28
133% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
2.6 GHz
4% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
25% slightly higher turbo speed
3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
107% significantly lower TDP
135 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
40
100% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

190th of 1,089
211th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
Xeon E5 v4 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2016 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Core i5-12400 vs Xeon E5-2690 v4 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12400 beats the Xeon E5-2690 v4 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2690 v4 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2690 v4 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-12400. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2690 v4 has 14 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-12400. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12400. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2690 v4 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12400. Despite this, the Core i5-12400 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-12400 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2690 v4 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-12400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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