Intel Core i9-12900K vs Intel Xeon Silver 4210R

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 16 core CPU vs Intel 2nd Generation Xeon Scalable 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 289.00
$ 235.63 significantly less expensive
$ 524.63

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

13331 points
93% significantly better overall score
6883 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14234 points
143% significantly better gaming score
5843 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

13035 points
80% significantly better multitasking score
7219 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

12983 points
77% significantly better heavy workload score
7294 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

364.47 points
122% significantly higher Blender score
163.91 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

15365 points
150% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6126 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2616 points
140% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1087 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
60% significantly more cores
10

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
20% slightly more threads
20

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
33% slightly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
62% significantly higher turbo speed
3.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

241 W
100 W
141% significantly lower TDP

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

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

39th of 1,089
199th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9
2nd Generation Xeon Scalable

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 November
2020 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR4-2400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
Yes

Core i9-12900K vs Xeon Silver 4210R specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-12900K is faster than the Xeon Silver 4210R. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon Silver 4210R in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900K has significantly more cores than the Xeon Silver 4210R. Indeed, the Core i9-12900K has 16 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Xeon Silver 4210R. It also has more threads than the Xeon Silver 4210R. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-12900K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon Silver 4210R. Also, the Core i9-12900K has a significantly higher turbo speed. The Xeon Silver 4210R 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.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i9-12900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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