Intel Core i5-12600HX vs Intel Xeon Gold 6138

Core i5-12600HX vs Xeon Gold 6138 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12600HX performs better than the Xeon Gold 6138. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon Gold 6138 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon Gold 6138 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-12600HX. Indeed, the Xeon Gold 6138 has 20 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Core i5-12600HX. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-12600HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon Gold 6138. Also, the Core i5-12600HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-12600HX CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon Gold 6138 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Xeon Gold 6138 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-12600HX. The Xeon Gold 6138 also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-12600HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.