Intel Core i7-12700 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6136. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000 Intel Xeon Gold 5100/6100
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Intel Xeon Gold
• Generation
  12 1
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i7-11700 -
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  8x Golden Cove -
• B-Core
  4x Gracemont -
• Base Frequency
  2.1 GHz 3 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  12 12
• CPU Threads
  20 24
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.8 GHz 3.7 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (12 Cores)
  4.1 GHz 3.3 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 -
• Execution units
  32 -
• Generation
  12 -
• GPU Frequency
  400 MHz -
• GPU name
  Intel Iris Xe Graphics 32 (Alder Lake S) no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  1450 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  4 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB -
• Release date
  Q4/2021 -
• Shader
  256 -
• Technology
  10 nm -

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  Decode No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• VP8
  Decode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon Gold 6136 and Intel Core i7-12700. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  256 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 6
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800 DDR4-2666
• PCIe lanes
  20 48
• PCIe version
  5.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-12700 and Intel Xeon Gold 6136 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 150 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-12700 and Intel Xeon Gold 6136, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Alder Lake S Skylake
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
• L2-Cache
  2.5 MB -
• L3-Cache
  25 MB 25 MB
• Release date
  Q4/2021 Q3/2017
• Socket
  LGA 1700 LGA 3647
• Technology
  10 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d