Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 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 v3 Intel Core i 12000
• Family
  Intel Xeon E5 Intel Core i7
• Generation
  5 12
• Predecessor
  - Intel Core i7-11700
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Successor
  Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 -

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
  2.5 GHz 2.1 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  12 12
• CPU Threads
  24 20
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.3 GHz 4.8 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (12 Cores)
  2.9 GHz 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 E5-2680 v3. 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 E5-2680 v3 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)
  120 W 65 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 and Intel Core i7-12700, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Haswell 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
  30 MB 25 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2014 Q4/2021
• Socket
  LGA 2011-3 LGA 1700
• Technology
  22 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d