Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 vs Intel Core i9-12900HK

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 14 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i9 14 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

6371 points

5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5717 points

8680 points

51% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6174 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

5739 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6198 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

5626 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

195.63 points

9% slightly higher Blender score

178.23 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

40% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz

2.5 GHz

4% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.3 GHz

5 GHz

51% significantly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

120 W

45 W

166% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

42% many more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

247th of 1,089

230th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v4 Family

12th Generation Core i9

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

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon E5-2680 v4 vs Core i9-12900HK specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-12900HK beats the Xeon E5-2680 v4 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2680 v4 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Xeon E5-2680 v4 has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-12900HK has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2680 v4. Also, the Core i9-12900HK has a significantly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-12900HK 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.