Intel Core i5-12600 vs Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4

Core i5-12600 vs Xeon E5-2697A v4 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12600 beats the Xeon E5-2697A v4 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2697A v4 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2697A v4 has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i5-12600 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-12600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2697A v4. Also, the Core i5-12600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-12600 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2697A v4 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-12600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.