Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 vs Intel Core i9-12900T

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v4 Family 14 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i9 16 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

6669 points
9304 points
39% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6261 points
10181 points
62% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6794 points
9062 points
33% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6827 points
9033 points
32% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

200.70 points
6% slightly higher Blender score
188.94 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8934 points
11628 points
30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1072 points
2268 points
111% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
16
14% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

28
16% slightly more threads
24

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
88% significantly higher clock speed
1.38 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
4.9 GHz
40% 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

223rd of 1,109
105th of 1,109

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
Yes

Xeon E5-2690 v4 vs Core i9-12900T comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2690 v4 is faster than the Core i9-12900T. Despite this, the Core i9-12900T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-12900T has slightly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Xeon E5-2690 v4 has 14 cores. Despite this, the Xeon E5-2690 v4 has more threads than the Core i9-12900T. Our comparison shows that the Xeon E5-2690 v4 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900T. Despite this, the Core i9-12900T has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-12900T outputs less heat than Xeon E5-2690 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 E5-2690 v4 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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