Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3 vs Intel Core i5-12400F. 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 i5
• Generation
  5 12
• Predecessor
  Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2 Intel Core i5-11400F
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Successor
  Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 -

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

• A-Core
  - 6x Golden Cove
• Base Frequency
  3 GHz 2.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  8 6
• CPU Threads
  16 12
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.5 GHz 4.4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  3.2 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  - 4 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 None
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo -

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-12400F and Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

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

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3 and Intel Core i5-12400F 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)
  140 W 65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - 117 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3 and Intel Core i5-12400F, 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
  - 7.5 MB
• L3-Cache
  20 MB 18 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2014 Q1/2022
• 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