Intel Core i5-12400F vs Intel Xeon E5-2689

Comparative analysis of Intel Core i5-12400F and Intel Xeon E5-2689 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-12400F

  • CPU is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 22% higher clock speed: 4.40 GHz vs 3.6 GHz
  • Around 92% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 52°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 77% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 115 Watt
Launch date 4 Jan 2022 vs 6 Mar 2012
Maximum frequency 4.40 GHz vs 3.6 GHz
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 52°C
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 115 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2689

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
  • 4 more threads: 16 vs 12
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 384 GB vs 128 GB
Number of cores 8 vs 6
Number of threads 16 vs 12
Maximum memory size 384 GB vs 128 GB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core i5-12400F
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2689

Name Intel Core i5-12400F Intel Xeon E5-2689
PassMark - Single thread mark 3630
PassMark - CPU mark 19680
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 5915
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 9.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 123.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.974
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 3.868
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 9.539

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Core i5-12400F Intel Xeon E5-2689

Essentials

Architecture codename Alder Lake Sandy Bridge
Launch date 4 Jan 2022 6 Mar 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $194
Place in performance rating 581 2155
Processor Number i5-12400F E5-2689
Series 12th Generation Intel Core i5 Processors
Vertical segment Desktop Server

Performance

64 bit support
L1 cache 480 KB
L2 cache 7.5 MB
L3 cache 18 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 100°C 52°C
Maximum frequency 4.40 GHz 3.6 GHz
Number of cores 6 8
Number of threads 12 16
Base frequency 2.6 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links 2
VID voltage range 0.6V - 1.35V

Memory

Max memory channels 2 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB 384 GB
Supported memory types Up to DDR5 4800 MT/s Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s DDR3-800, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600
ECC memory support

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 2
Package Size 45.0 mm x 37.5 mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1700 LGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 115 Watt
Thermal Solution PCG 2020C

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20 40
PCI Express revision 5.0 and 4.0 3.0
PCIe configurations Up to 1x16+4, 2x8+4 x4, x8, x16
Scalability 1S Only 2S

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Secure Boot
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)