Intel Core i5-12450HX vs Intel Xeon E5-2687W v4

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 8 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5938 points
6031 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8351 points
37% slightly better gaming score
6083 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5219 points
5984 points
14% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5059 points
5939 points
17% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

131.60 points
185.69 points
41% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
24
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
3.00 GHz
25% 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

55 W
190% significantly lower TDP
160 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

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

7 MiB
133% significantly more L2 cache
3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
30 MiB
150% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

255th of 1,089
249th 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 May
2016 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i5-12450HX vs Xeon E5-2687W v4 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12450HX is faster than the Xeon E5-2687W v4. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2687W v4 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2687W v4 has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i5-12450HX has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12450HX. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E5-2687W v4 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12450HX. Despite this, the Core i5-12450HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-12450HX CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2687W v4 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-12450HX has more L2 cache than the Xeon E5-2687W v4. Despite this, the Xeon E5-2687W v4 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-12450HX.

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 i5-12450HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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