i5-12600KF vs Xeon L7555

Primary details

Comparing Xeon L7555 and Core i5-12600KF processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated351
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data46.89
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Seriesno dataIntel Core i5
Power efficiencyno data13.31
Architecture codenameno dataAlder Lake, Golden Cove, Gracemont (2021)
Release date1 January 2010 (14 years ago)27 October 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$264

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon L7555 and Core i5-12600KF 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads1616
Base clock speed1.87 GHz3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed2.53 GHz4.9 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 4.0
Bus rateno data8 × 16 GT/s
Multiplierno data37
L1 cacheno data384 KB
L2 cacheno data9.5 MB
L3 cache24 MB L3 Cache2 MB
Chip lithography45 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data215.25 mm2
Maximum core temperature70 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon L7555 and Core i5-12600KF 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 configurationno data1
SocketFCLGA1567FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon L7555 and Core i5-12600KF. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology1.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon L7555 and Core i5-12600KF technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon L7555 and Core i5-12600KF are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon L7555 and Core i5-12600KF. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data76.805 GB/s

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon L7555 and Core i5-12600KF.

PCIe versionno data5.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2010 27 October 2021
Physical cores 8 10
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 125 Watt

Xeon L7555 has 31.6% lower power consumption.

i5-12600KF, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, and 25% more physical cores.

We couldn't decide between Xeon L7555 and Core i5-12600KF. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon L7555 is a server/workstation processor while Core i5-12600KF is a desktop one.


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