Ultra 5 225 vs Xeon Gold 5412U

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5412U and Core Ultra 5 225 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking121not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation92.56no data
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Power efficiency16.93no data
Architecture codenameSapphire Rapids (2023−2024)Arrow Lake-S (2024−2025)
Release date10 January 2023 (1 year ago)January 2025
Launch price (MSRP)$1,113no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5412U and Core Ultra 5 225 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 cores24 (Tetracosa-Core)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads4810
Base clock speed2.1 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz4.9 GHz
L1 cache80K (per core)112 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB (per core)3 MB (per core)
L3 cache45 MB21 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nm3 nm
Die sizeno data243 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)81 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data17,800 million
64 bit support++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5412U and Core Ultra 5 225 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
SocketFCLGA46771851
Power consumption (TDP)185 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5412U and Core Ultra 5 225. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AMX, Intel® 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++
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5412U and Core Ultra 5 225 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB+no data
SGXYes with Intel® SPSno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5412U and Core Ultra 5 225 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5412U and Core Ultra 5 225. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-4400DDR5
Maximum memory size4 TBno data
Max memory channels8no data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataArc Xe-LPG Graphics 32EU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5412U and Core Ultra 5 225.

PCIe version55.0
PCI Express lanes8020

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 24 10
Threads 48 10
Power consumption (TDP) 185 Watt 65 Watt

Xeon Gold 5412U has 140% more physical cores and 380% more threads.

Ultra 5 225, on the other hand, has 184.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 5412U and Core Ultra 5 225. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 5412U is a server/workstation processor while Core Ultra 5 225 is a desktop one.


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