Intel Core i5-12500T vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4814 points
5000 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7022 points
44% significantly better gaming score
4860 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4142 points
5053 points
21% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3986 points
5066 points
27% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

116.85 points
201.57 points
72% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7554 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6391 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2155 points
124% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
958 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 GHz
2.00 GHz
0.05% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
37% slightly higher turbo speed
3.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
200% significantly lower TDP
105 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

7.5 MiB
114% significantly more L2 cache
3.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB
35 MiB
94% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

365th of 1,089
348th 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
Yes

Core i5-12500T vs Xeon E5-2660 v4 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2660 v4 beats the Core i5-12500T in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-12500T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2660 v4 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-12500T. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2660 v4 has 14 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-12500T. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12500T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2660 v4 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12500T. Despite this, the Core i5-12500T has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-12500T CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2660 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 i5-12500T has more L2 cache than the Xeon E5-2660 v4. Despite this, the Xeon E5-2660 v4 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-12500T.

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 i5-12500T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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