Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3 vs Intel Core i7-12800H

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 18 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i7 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

6700 points
15% slightly better overall score
5807 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5199 points
7291 points
40% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7270 points
35% slightly better multitasking score
5382 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7597 points
43% significantly better heavy workload score
5311 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

219.38 points
27% slightly higher Blender score
172.49 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

18
28% slightly more cores
14

Threads

Number of logical processing units

36
79% significantly more threads
20

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz
2.4 GHz
4% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
4.8 GHz
33% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

145 W
45 W
222% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

40
42% many more pcie lanes
28

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

210th of 1,089
267th 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 E5-2699 v3 vs Core i7-12800H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12800H beats the Xeon E5-2699 v3 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2699 v3 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2699 v3 has slightly more cores with 18 cores whereas the Core i7-12800H has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12800H. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-12800H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2699 v3. Also, the Core i7-12800H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12800H outputs less heat than Xeon E5-2699 v3 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 E5-2699 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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