Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 vs Intel Core i5-12500T

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 14 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

6066 points
26% slightly better overall score
4814 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5717 points
7022 points
22% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6174 points
49% significantly better multitasking score
4142 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6198 points
55% significantly better heavy workload score
3986 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

195.63 points
67% significantly higher Blender score
116.85 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6901 points
7554 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1027 points
2155 points
109% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
133% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

28
133% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.3 GHz
4.4 GHz
33% 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

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

247th 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 E5-2680 v4 vs Core i5-12500T comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon E5-2680 v4 beats the Core i5-12500T in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-12500T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-2680 v4 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-12500T. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2680 v4 has 14 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-12500T. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12500T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2680 v4 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to 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 E5-2680 v4 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 Xeon E5-2680 v4 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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