Intel Xeon E5-2667 v4 vs Intel Core i5-12500T

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 8 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

4938 points
2% slightly better overall score
4814 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6135 points
7022 points
14% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4537 points
9% slightly better multitasking score
4142 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4433 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score
3986 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

138.59 points
18% slightly higher Blender score
116.85 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6682 points
7554 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1174 points
2155 points
83% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
60% significantly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
4.4 GHz
22% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

135 W
35 W
285% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

40
100% significantly more pcie lanes
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

354th of 1,089
365th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v4 Family
12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 February
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
Yes

Xeon E5-2667 v4 vs Core i5-12500T specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2667 v4 performs better than the Core i5-12500T. Despite this, the Core i5-12500T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2667 v4 has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-12500T that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12500T. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon E5-2667 v4 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12500T. Despite this, the Core i5-12500T has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12500T outputs less heat than Xeon E5-2667 v4 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 E5-2667 v4 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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