Intel Xeon Silver 4210R vs Intel Core i7-12800HX

Compare Intel 2nd Generation Xeon Scalable 10 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i7 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

6883 points
6916 points
0.48% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5843 points
8678 points
48% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7219 points
13% slightly better multitasking score
6372 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7294 points
15% slightly better heavy workload score
6299 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

163.91 points
257.78 points
57% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
16
60% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
24
20% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.2 GHz
4.8 GHz
49% significantly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

100 W
55 W
81% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

48
139% significantly more pcie lanes
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

6
200% significantly more memory channels
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

199th of 1,089
197th of 1,089

Family

The product line

2nd Generation Xeon Scalable
12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 February
2022 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Xeon Silver 4210R vs Core i7-12800HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12800HX is faster than the Xeon Silver 4210R. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon Silver 4210R in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12800HX has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Xeon Silver 4210R has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon Silver 4210R. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon Silver 4210R has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-12800HX. Despite this, the Core i7-12800HX has a significantly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12800HX outputs less heat than Xeon Silver 4210R 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 Silver 4210R has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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