Intel Xeon E5-2683 v3 vs Intel Core i7-1260P

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 14 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i7 12 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

5393 points
21% slightly better overall score
4429 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4919 points
6220 points
26% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5546 points
41% slightly better multitasking score
3928 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5592 points
45% significantly better heavy workload score
3833 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

138.77 points
21% slightly higher Blender score
114.47 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
16% slightly more cores
12

Threads

Number of logical processing units

28
75% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
2.1 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3 GHz
4.7 GHz
56% significantly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

120 W
28 W
328% 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

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

768 GiB
1100% significantly more supported memory
64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

305th of 1,089
398th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v3 Family
12th Generation Core i7

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

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Xeon E5-2683 v3 vs Core i7-1260P comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2683 v3 is faster than the Core i7-1260P. Despite this, the Core i7-1260P has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2683 v3 has slightly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core i7-1260P has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-1260P. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-1260P has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon E5-2683 v3. Also, the Core i7-1260P has a significantly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-1260P outputs less heat than Xeon E5-2683 v3 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 E5-2683 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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