Intel Core i7-12700K vs Intel Xeon E3-1240 V2

Core i7-12700K vs Xeon E3-1240 V2 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700K beats the Xeon E3-1240 V2 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E3-1240 V2 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12700K has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Xeon E3-1240 V2 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon E3-1240 V2. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-12700K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E3-1240 V2.

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 i7-12700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.