i7-12700F vs Xeon Gold 6240Y

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6240Y and Core i7-12700F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated303
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data38.45
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Power efficiencyno data28.13
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Alder Lake-S (2022)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,726$386

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6240Y and Core i7-12700F 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 cores18 (Octadeca-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads3620
Base clock speed2.6 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz4.9 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier26no data
L1 cache1.125 MB80K (per core)
L2 cache18 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache24.75 MB25 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data215 mm2
Maximum core temperature74 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6240Y and Core i7-12700F 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
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6240Y and Core i7-12700F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-+
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6240Y and Core i7-12700F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6240Y and Core i7-12700F are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6240Y and Core i7-12700F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size1 TB128 GB
Max memory channels62
Maximum memory bandwidth140.8 GB/s76.8 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6240Y and Core i7-12700F.

PCIe version3.05.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanes4820

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2019 4 January 2022
Physical cores 18 12
Threads 36 20
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 65 Watt

Xeon Gold 6240Y has 50% more physical cores and 80% more threads.

i7-12700F, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 130.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 6240Y and Core i7-12700F. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 6240Y is a server/workstation processor while Core i7-12700F is a desktop one.


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