Intel Xeon w3-2425 vs Intel Core i5-12600K. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Intel Xeon W Intel Core i5
• CPU group
  Intel Xeon W-2400 Intel Core i 12000
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Generation
  12 12
• Predecessor
  Intel Xeon W-2225 Intel Core i5-11600K

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Frequency
  3.00 GHz 3.70 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.

• GPU name
  no iGPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics 32 (Alder Lake S)
• GPU frequency
  0.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.45 GHz
• Execution units
  32
• Shader
  256
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 16 GB
• Max. displays
  4
• Generation
  12
• Technology
  10 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2021

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h264
  No Decode / Encode
• VP8
  No Decode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No Decode
• AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-12600K and Intel Xeon w3-2425. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR5-4400 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
• Max. Memory
  2048 GB 256 GB
• Memory channels
  4 (Quad Channel) 2
• ECC
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon w3-2425 and Intel Core i5-12600K to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL2)
  -- 228 W / 56 s
• TDP up
  156 W --
• Tjunction max.
  83 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon w3-2425 and Intel Xeon w3-2425, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Technology
  10 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  LGA 4677 LGA 1700
• L3-Cache
  15.00 MB 20.00 MB
• Architecture
  Sapphire Rapids-WS Alder Lake S
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d, VT-rp, vPro Enterprise VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, AMX SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• Release date
  Q1/2023 Q4/2021
• Part Number
  -- BX8071512600K