Intel Core i7-12700H vs Intel Xeon Gold 6138

Core i7-12700H vs Xeon Gold 6138 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon Gold 6138 performs better than the Core i7-12700H. Despite this, the Core i7-12700H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon Gold 6138 has many more cores with 20 cores whereas the Core i7-12700H has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12700H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-12700H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon Gold 6138. Also, the Core i7-12700H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-12700H 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.

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.