i5-12400F vs Xeon Phi 7120X

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Phi 7120X and Core i5-12400F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated631
Place by popularitynot in top-1002
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data46.21
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Power efficiencyno data17.89
Architecture codenameKnights Corner (2012−2014)Alder Lake-S (2022)
Release date17 June 2013 (11 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$180

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Phi 7120X and Core i5-12400F 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 cores61 (Henihexaconta-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads24412
Base clock speed1.24 GHz2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed1.33 GHz4.4 GHz
L1 cache32 KB (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB (shared)18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size350 mm2163 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors5,000 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Phi 7120X and Core i5-12400F 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 configuration11
SocketPCIe x16FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Phi 7120X and Core i5-12400F. 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++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon Phi 7120X and Core i5-12400F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Phi 7120X and Core i5-12400F are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Phi 7120X and Core i5-12400F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data76.8 GB/s

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Phi 7120X and Core i5-12400F.

PCIe versionno data5.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 June 2013 4 January 2022
Physical cores 61 6
Threads 244 12
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 65 Watt

Xeon Phi 7120X has 916.7% more physical cores and 1933.3% more threads.

i5-12400F, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, and 361.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Phi 7120X and Core i5-12400F. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Phi 7120X is a server/workstation processor while Core i5-12400F is a desktop one.


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