i5-10500H vs Xeon Bronze 3206R

Place in the ranking	1020	993
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Power efficiency	7.57	14.88
Architecture codename	no data	Comet Lake-H (2020)
Release date	1 January 2020 (4 years ago)	2 April 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Bronze 3206R and Core i5-10500H 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 cores	8 (Octa-Core)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	8	12
Base clock speed	1.9 GHz	2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.9 GHz	4.5 GHz
Bus rate	no data	8 GT/s
L1 cache	no data	384 KB
L2 cache	no data	153 KB
L3 cache	11 MB	12 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	78 °C	100 °C
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Bronze 3206R and Core i5-10500H 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 configuration	no data	1
Socket	FCLGA3647	FCBGA1440
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Bronze 3206R and Core i5-10500H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	+	-
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	+
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Bronze 3206R and Core i5-10500H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	no data	+
Identity Protection	-	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Bronze 3206R and Core i5-10500H are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Bronze 3206R and Core i5-10500H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2133	DDR4
Maximum memory size	1 TB	128 GB
Max memory channels	6	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	45.8 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	Intel® UHD Graphics for 10th Gen Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	1.05 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon Bronze 3206R and Core i5-10500H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	no data	3
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+
DVI	no data	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon Bronze 3206R and Core i5-10500H integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	no data	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096 x 2304@30Hz
Max resolution over eDP	no data	4096 x 2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	4096 x 2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon Bronze 3206R and Core i5-10500H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	12
OpenGL	no data	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Bronze 3206R and Core i5-10500H.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon Bronze 3206R 6.93

i5-10500H 7.21
+4%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon Bronze 3206R 10797

i5-10500H 11235
+4.1%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	6.93	7.21
Recency	1 January 2020	2 April 2020
Physical cores	8	6
Threads	8	12
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	45 Watt

Xeon Bronze 3206R has 33.3% more physical cores.

i5-10500H, on the other hand, has a 4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 months, 50% more threads, and 88.9% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Xeon Bronze 3206R and Core i5-10500H.

Be aware that Xeon Bronze 3206R is a server/workstation processor while Core i5-10500H is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Bronze 3206R and Core i5-10500H, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.