Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 14 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 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

5860 points

5962 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4866 points

8201 points

68% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6204 points

16% slightly better multitasking score

5307 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6340 points

22% slightly better heavy workload score

5169 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

192.94 points

36% slightly higher Blender score

141.11 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

55% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz

3.6 GHz

38% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

4.5 GHz

25% slightly higher turbo speed

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

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

768 GiB

700% significantly more supported memory

96 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

263rd of 1,089

252nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v3 Family

Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August

2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600

DDR5-7467

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon E5-2697 v3 vs Core Ultra 5 125H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 5 125H performs better than the Xeon E5-2697 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2697 v3 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Xeon E5-2697 v3 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 5 125H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2697 v3. Also, the Core Ultra 5 125H has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.