Intel Core i7-12700H vs Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 14 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 18 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

7424 points

10% slightly better overall score

6700 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9222 points

77% significantly better gaming score

5199 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6907 points

7270 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6820 points

7597 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

194.62 points

219.38 points

12% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

28% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

79% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz

Identical

2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz

30% slightly higher turbo speed

3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

222% significantly lower TDP

145 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

42% many more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

768 GiB

1100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

169th of 1,089

210th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7

Xeon E5 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-12700H vs Xeon E5-2699 v3 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12700H is faster than the Xeon E5-2699 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2699 v3 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2699 v3 has slightly more cores with 18 cores whereas the Core i7-12700H has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12700H. According to our data, the Core i7-12700H and Xeon E5-2699 v3 have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i7-12700H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-12700H CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2699 v3 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-12700H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.