Intel Core i5-12600KF vs Intel Xeon E5-2673 v3

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 10 core CPU vs Intel 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

9948 points
109% significantly better overall score
4747 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12699 points
167% significantly better gaming score
4747 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9060 points
91% significantly better multitasking score
4738 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8845 points
87% significantly better heavy workload score
4727 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

226.61 points
50% significantly higher Blender score
150.60 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

12253 points
701% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1528 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2468 points
425% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
470 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

12301 points
705% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1527 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2520 points
253% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
712 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
12
20% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
24
49% significantly more threads

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

150 W
110 W
36% slightly lower TDP

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

92nd of 1,089
370th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 November
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Core i5-12600KF vs Xeon E5-2673 v3 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12600KF performs better than the Xeon E5-2673 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2673 v3 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2673 v3 has slightly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i5-12600KF has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600KF. The Xeon E5-2673 v3 outputs less heat than Core i5-12600KF thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i5-12600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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