Intel Core i9-12900T vs Intel Xeon X5570

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 16 core CPU vs Intel Xeon 4 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

6632 points
201% significantly better overall score
2200 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7128 points
108% significantly better gaming score
3421 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6506 points
256% significantly better multitasking score
1823 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6504 points
271% significantly better heavy workload score
1750 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11628 points
567% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1741 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2268 points
372% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
480 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
300% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
499% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.38 GHz
2.93 GHz
112% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
47% significantly higher turbo speed
3.33 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
171% significantly lower TDP
95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
3
49% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
144 GiB
12% slightly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB
274% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

214th of 1,089
685th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9
Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2009 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
Yes

Core i9-12900T vs Xeon X5570 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-12900T beats the Xeon X5570 in overall performance. Despite this, the Xeon X5570 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-12900T has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Xeon X5570 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon X5570. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon X5570 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-12900T. Despite this, the Core i9-12900T has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-12900T CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon X5570 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i9-12900T has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Xeon X5570. The Core i9-12900T also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i9-12900T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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