Intel Xeon W-2123 vs Intel Core i7-1260U

Compare Intel Xeon W 4 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i7 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

3091 points

0.68% slightly better overall score

3070 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5120 points

5214 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2483 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

2436 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2382 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

2288 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

64.80 points

91.50 points

41% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4345 points

6227 points

43% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1198 points

1917 points

60% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

150% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

227% significantly higher clock speed

1.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

4.7 GHz

20% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

120 W

9 W

1233% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

242% significantly 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

512 GiB

700% significantly more supported memory

64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

526th of 1,089

529th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon W

12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 August

2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600

DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon W-2123 vs Core i7-1260U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon W-2123 is faster than the Core i7-1260U. Despite this, the Core i7-1260U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-1260U has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Xeon W-2123 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon W-2123. Our comparison shows that the Xeon W-2123 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-1260U. Despite this, the Core i7-1260U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-1260U outputs less heat than Xeon W-2123 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Xeon W-2123 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.