Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4 vs Intel Core i7-12700. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Xeon E5 v4 Intel Core i 12000
• Family
  Intel Xeon E5 Intel Core i7
• Generation
  6 12
• Predecessor
  Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 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
  2.4 GHz 2.1 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  10 12
• CPU Threads
  20 20
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.4 GHz 4.8 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (10 Cores)
  2.8 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (12 Cores)
  - 4.1 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
  no iGPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics 32 (Alder Lake S)
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1450 MHz
• 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
  No Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• VP8
  No Decode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-12700 and Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  - 256 GB
• Memory channels
  4 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2133 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
• PCIe lanes
  40 20
• PCIe version
  3.0 5.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4 and Intel Core i7-12700 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)
  90 W 65 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4 and Intel Core i7-12700, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Broadwell E Alder Lake S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  - 2.5 MB
• L3-Cache
  25 MB 25 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2016 Q4/2021
• Socket
  LGA 2011-3 LGA 1700
• Technology
  14 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d