Intel Core i7-12700 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6242R. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000 Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Intel Xeon Gold
• Generation
  12 2
• 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 3.1 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  12 20
• CPU Threads
  20 40
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.8 GHz 4.1 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (12 Cores)
  4.1 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (20 Cores)
  - 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 6242R and Intel Core i7-12700. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  256 GB 1024 GB
• Memory channels
  2 6
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800 DDR4-2933
• 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 6242R 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 76 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 205 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-12700 and Intel Xeon Gold 6242R, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Alder Lake S Cascade Lake
• 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 35.75 MB
• Release date
  Q4/2021 Q1/2020
• 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