Intel Core i5-12500HL vs Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i5-12500HL CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
Intel Core i5-12500HL Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R

CPU comparison

Intel Core i5-12500HL or Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Core i5-12500HL has 12 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.50 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-12500HL was released in Q3/2022.

The Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R was released in Q1/2020.
Intel Core i5 (331) Family Intel Xeon Bronze (6)
Intel Core i 12000H (23) CPU group Intel Xeon Bronze 3200 (2)
12 Generation 2
Alder Lake H Architecture Cascade Lake
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-12500HL is a 12 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.50 GHz (4.50 GHz). The Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.90 GHz.
Intel Core i5-12500HL Characteristic Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
12 Cores 8
16 Threads 8
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.50 GHz (4.50 GHz)
4x Golden Cove		 A-Core 1.90 GHz
1.80 GHz (3.30 GHz)
8x Gracemont		 B-Core --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
Intel Core i5-12500HL Characteristic Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake) GPU no iGPU
0.40 GHz GPU frequency --
1.30 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
13 GPU Generation --
10 nm Technology
4 Max. displays
80 Compute units --
640 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12.1 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake) GPU no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode Codec VP8 No
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i5-12500HL supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R can connect up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels.
Intel Core i5-12500HL Characteristic Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200 Memory DDR4-2133
64 GB Max. Memory 1024 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
76.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 102.3 GB/s
No ECC Yes
9.00 MB L2 Cache --
18.00 MB L3 Cache 11.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version 3.0
28 PCIe lanes 48
55.1 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i5-12500HL has a TDP of 45 W, that of the Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R is 85 W.
Intel Core i5-12500HL Characteristic Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
45 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 85 W
115 W TDP (PL2) --
60 W TDP up --
35 W TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-12500HL has a 27.00 MB cache, while the Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R cache has a total of 11.00 MB.
Intel Core i5-12500HL Characteristic Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
10 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ ISA extensions SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
BGA 1744 Socket LGA 3647
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2022 Release date Q1/2020
-- Release price 327 $
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-12500HL Intel Core i5-12500HL
12C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
8C 8T @ 1.90 GHz
538 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-12500HL Intel Core i5-12500HL
12C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
8C 8T @ 1.90 GHz
3786 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core i5-12500HL Intel Core i5-12500HL
12C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
8C 8T @ 1.90 GHz
742 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core i5-12500HL Intel Core i5-12500HL
12C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
8C 8T @ 1.90 GHz
4026 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core i5-12500HL Intel Core i5-12500HL
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake) @ 1.30 GHz
1611 (100%)
Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor
Intel Core i5-12500HL Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
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