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Xeon E5-2696 v3 vs Core i5-12400

Xeon E5-2696 v3 vs Core i5-12400: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-12400 outperforms Xeon E5-2696 v3 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-12400 is 2675 days newer than Xeon E5-2696 v3.

Advantages of Xeon E5-2696 v3

  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-12400 - 36 vs 12 threads

Advantages of Core i5-12400

  • Performs up to 45% better in Counter-Strike 2 than Xeon E5-2696 v3 - 472 vs 326 FPS
  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 doesn't have integrated graphics
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Counter-Strike 2

Counter-Strike 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 Logo
Xeon E5-2696 v3

Server/Workstation • Sep 8th, 2014


FPS

326

69%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


FPS

472

100%

Value, €/FPS

€0.27/FPS

100%

Price, €

€129.34

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Intel Core i5-12400 Desktop Processor 18M Cache, up to 4.40 GHz

Buy for 129.34 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 8459 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 Logo
Xeon E5-2696 v3

Server/Workstation • Sep 8th, 2014

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 Logo
Xeon E5-2696 v3

Server/Workstation • Sep 8th, 2014


Single-Core

1124

52%

Multi-Core

8218

93%

Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


Single-Core

2179

100%

Multi-Core

8847

100%

Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 Logo

Xeon E5-2696 v3

vs
Intel Core i5-12400 Logo

Core i5-12400

Sep 8th, 2014
Jan 4th, 2022
Xeon E5Core i5
Haswell EAlder Lake
Intel Socket 2011-3Intel Socket 1700
Server
Desktop
18
6
36
12
2.3 GHz
2.5 GHz
Non-Turbo4.4 GHz
Not Available65 W
22 nm
10 nm
23.0x
25.0x
None
UHD Graphics 730
NoNo

PCs Using Xeon E5-2696 v3 or Core i5-12400

With selected game settings

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