Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 vs Intel Core i5-1245U

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 12 core CPU vs Intel 10 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

5072 points
18% slightly better overall score
4282 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5077 points
6145 points
21% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5065 points
35% slightly better multitasking score
3732 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5049 points
40% slightly better heavy workload score
3606 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

110.36 points
19% slightly higher Blender score
92.33 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
20% slightly more cores
10

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
100% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz
68% significantly higher clock speed
1.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
4.4 GHz
25% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

130 W
15 W
766% 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

343rd of 1,089
412th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v2 Family
12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 August
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Xeon E5-2697 v2 vs Core i5-1245U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-2697 v2 is faster than the Core i5-1245U. Despite this, the Core i5-1245U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2697 v2 has slightly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i5-1245U has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-1245U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2697 v2 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1245U.

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 E5-2697 v2 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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