Intel Core i7-12700 vs Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3

Core i7-12700 vs Xeon E5-2698 v3 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-12700 performs better than the Xeon E5-2698 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2698 v3 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2698 v3 has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i7-12700 that has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12700. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-12700 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2698 v3. Also, the Core i7-12700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-12700 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2698 v3 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 i7-12700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.