Intel Xeon E-2146G vs Intel Core i5-12500T

Compare Intel Xeon E 6 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 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

4649 points
4814 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6235 points
7022 points
12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4175 points
0.80% slightly better multitasking score
4142 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4056 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score
3986 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6385 points
7554 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1557 points
2155 points
38% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
75% significantly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

80 W
35 W
128% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
20
25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

375th of 1,089
365th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E
12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 August
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
Yes

Xeon E-2146G vs Core i5-12500T specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12500T beats the Xeon E-2146G in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E-2146G in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E-2146G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12500T. Also, the Xeon E-2146G has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12500T outputs less heat than Xeon E-2146G thanks to a significantly 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 Xeon E-2146G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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