Ultra 7 265 vs Xeon Gold 5120T

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5120T and Core Ultra 7 265 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking692not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.38no data
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Power efficiency10.28no data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Arrow Lake-S (2024−2025)
Release date11 July 2017 (7 years ago)January 2025
Launch price (MSRP)$1,727no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5120T and Core Ultra 7 265 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores14 (Tetradeca-Core)20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads2820
Base clock speed2.2 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz5.3 GHz
Multiplier22no data
L1 cache896 KB112 KB (per core)
L2 cache14 MB3 MB (per core)
L3 cache19.25 MB30 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm3 nm
Die sizeno data243 mm2
Maximum core temperature89 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data17,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5120T and Core Ultra 7 265 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration4 (Multiprocessor)1
SocketFCLGA36471851
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5120T and Core Ultra 7 265. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5120T and Core Ultra 7 265 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5120T and Core Ultra 7 265 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5120T and Core Ultra 7 265. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR5
Maximum memory size768 GBno data
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataArc Xe2 Graphics 64EU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5120T and Core Ultra 7 265.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes4820

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 14 20
Threads 28 20
Chip lithography 14 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 65 Watt

Xeon Gold 5120T has 40% more threads.

Ultra 7 265, on the other hand, has 42.9% more physical cores, a 366.7% more advanced lithography process, and 61.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 5120T and Core Ultra 7 265. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 5120T is a server/workstation processor while Core Ultra 7 265 is a desktop one.


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