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Intel Core i5-12500 vs Intel Xeon 6980P

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-12500
Rank 2 - 89 %
Intel Xeon 6980P
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-12500
Rank 2 - 79 %
Intel Xeon 6980P
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-12500
6C / 12T · 4.60 GHz
2,365
Intel Xeon 6980P
128C / 256T · 3.90 GHz
2,100
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-12500
6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz
10,401
Intel Xeon 6980P
128C / 256T · 2.00 GHz
8,250

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At a glance

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Intel Core i5-12500Intel Xeon 6980P
FamilyIntel Core i5 (336)Intel Xeon 6 (12)
CPU groupIntel Core i 12000 (34)Intel Xeon 6900 (5)
ArchitectureAlder Lake SGranite Rapids-AP
Technology10 nm5 nm
SegmentDesktopEnterprise / Embedded
SocketLGA 1700LGA 7529
PredecessorIntel Core i5-11500
SuccessorIntel Core i5-13500

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i5-12500Intel Xeon 6980P
CPU Cores / Threads6 / 12128 / 256
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 6x Golden Cove 128x
Frequency: 3.00 GHz 2.00 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.60 GHz 3.90 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 4.00 GHz
L2-Cache7.50 MB
L3-Cache18.00 MB504.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i5-12500Intel Xeon 6980P
GPU nameIntel UHD Graphics 770no iGPU
GPU frequency0.30 - 1.45 GHz
CUs / Shader32 / 256 /
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory64 GB
Technology10 nm
Release dateQ4/2021

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i5-12500Intel Xeon 6980P
AI hardwareIntel® AI Boost
AI specificationsIntel® Deep Learning Boost
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i5-12500Intel Xeon 6980P
MemoryDDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
DDR5-6400 (614.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory128 GB3072 GB
Memory channels212
ECCYesYes
PCIe5.0 x 205.0 x 96
PCIe Bandwidth78.8 GB/s378.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i5-12500Intel Xeon 6980P
TDP65 W500 W
TDP (PL2)117 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C95 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i5-12500Intel Xeon 6980P
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Windows 11, LinuxWindows 11, Windows Server, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, AMX
Release dateQ1/2022Q3/2024
Release price202 $17800 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i5-12500
Intel Core i5-12500
6C / 12T · 3.00 - 4.60 GHz
Intel Xeon 6980P
Intel Xeon 6980P
128C / 256T · 2.00 - 3.90 GHz

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