Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 vs Intel Core i5-12600T

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 12 core CPU vs Intel 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

5940 points

13% slightly better overall score

5246 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5278 points

8031 points

52% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6174 points

38% slightly better multitasking score

4444 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6288 points

46% significantly better heavy workload score

4298 points

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Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6340 points

7345 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

996 points

2043 points

105% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

19% slightly higher clock speed

2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.3 GHz

4.6 GHz

39% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

120 W

35 W

242% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

100% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

768 GiB

499% significantly more supported memory

128 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

254th of 1,089

319th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v3 Family

12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August

2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon E5-2680 v3 vs Core i5-12600T comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2680 v3 performs better than the Core i5-12600T. Despite this, the Core i5-12600T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2680 v3 has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i5-12600T has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600T. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E5-2680 v3 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12600T.

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 Xeon E5-2680 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.