Intel Core i7-12700 vs Intel Xeon W-2155

Core i7-12700 vs Xeon W-2155 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-12700 performs better than the Xeon W-2155. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon W-2155 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12700 has slightly more cores than the Xeon W-2155. Indeed, the Core i7-12700 has 12 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Xeon W-2155. But they both have the same number of threads. According to our data, the Core i7-12700 and Xeon W-2155 have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i7-12700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-12700 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon W-2155 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.