Product Compare

Intel Core i5 12600 vs Intel Xeon 6960E+

	CPU Intel Core i5 12600	CPU Intel Xeon 6960E+
General Parameters
Release Date	Jan 2022	May 2026
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Desktop	Server
Instruction Set	x86-64
Core Architecture	Alder Lake	Clearwater Forest
Processor Number	i5-12600
Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics 770	N/A
Generation		Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)
Package
Manufacturing Process	10 nm	3 nm
Socket	LGA-1700	Intel Socket 7529
Power Consumption	65 W	330 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption	117 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100°C	98°C
Foundry		Intel
I/O Process Size		10 nm
I/O Die Size		2x 241
Package		FC-LGA18N
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	6
Performance Core Threads	6
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.3 GHz	2.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.8 GHz	3.2 GHz
Total Core Count	6	144
Total Thread Count	12	144
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	33x	24.0
L1 Cache	80 K per core	96 KB per core
L2 Cache	1280 K per core	4 MB per module
L3 Cache	18 MB shared	432 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	No
SMP		2
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200	DDR5-8000
Max Memory Size	128 GB	1.5 TB
Max Memory Channels	2	12
Max Memory Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	768.0 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	Yes	Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true
GPU Base Frequency	300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1450 MHz
Shader Units	256
Texture Units	16
Raster Operation Units	8
Execution Units	32
Power Consumption	15 W
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	5.0	5
PCIe Lanes	20	96