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

Core i7-12700KF vs Xeon E5-2699 v3 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-12700KF performs better 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2699 v3 has significantly more cores with 18 cores compared to the Core i7-12700KF that has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12700KF. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-12700KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2699 v3. Also, the Core i7-12700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-2699 v3 outputs less heat than Core i7-12700KF thanks to a slightly 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 i7-12700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.