Intel Core i7-12700K vs Intel Xeon Gold 6154

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 12 core CPU vs Intel Xeon Scalable 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

11540 points
11777 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13325 points
74% significantly better gaming score
7626 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10952 points
13340 points
21% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10812 points
14351 points
32% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

304.26 points
491% significantly higher Blender score
51.40 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13854 points
34% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
10336 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2554 points
112% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1200 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
18
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
36
79% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed
2.99 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
35% slightly higher turbo speed
3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

190 W
5% slightly lower TDP
200 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
48
139% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
6
200% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
768 GiB
499% significantly more supported memory

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

960 KiB
1152 KiB
20% slightly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB
1% slightly more L3 cache
24.75 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

57th of 1,099
55th of 1,099

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7
Xeon Scalable

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 November
2017 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
Yes

Core i7-12700K vs Xeon Gold 6154 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon Gold 6154 is faster than the Core i7-12700K. Despite this, the Core i7-12700K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon Gold 6154 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-12700K. Indeed, the Xeon Gold 6154 has 18 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Core i7-12700K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12700K. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-12700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon Gold 6154. Also, the Core i7-12700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-12700K CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon Gold 6154 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-12700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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