Intel Core i9-12900K vs Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3

Core i9-12900K vs Xeon E5-2699 v3 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12900K 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 slightly more cores with 18 cores compared to the Core i9-12900K that has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-12900K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-12900K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2699 v3. Also, the Core i9-12900K has a significantly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E5-2699 v3 outputs less heat than Core i9-12900K thanks to a 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 i9-12900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.