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Intel Xeon 6970E+ vs Intel Core i7 12700K

	CPU Intel Xeon 6970E+	CPU Intel Core i7 12700K
General Parameters
Release Date	May 2026	Oct 2021
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Server	Desktop
Core Architecture	Clearwater Forest	Alder Lake
Integrated Graphics	N/A	UHD Graphics 770
Generation	Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)
Instruction Set		x86-64
Processor Number		i7-12700K
Package
Manufacturing Process	3 nm	10 nm
Socket	Intel Socket 7529	LGA-1700
Power Consumption	400 W	125 W
Peak Operating Temperature	102°C	100°C
Foundry	Intel
I/O Process Size	10 nm
I/O Die Size	2x 241
Package	FC-LGA18N
Max Turbo Power Consumption		190 W
CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency	2.3 GHz	3.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	3.2 GHz	4.9 GHz
Total Core Count	192	12
Total Thread Count	192	20
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	23.0	36x
L1 Cache	96 KB per core	80 K per core
L2 Cache	4 MB per module	12 MB shared
L3 Cache	480 MB shared	25 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	Yes
SMP	2
Performance Cores		8
Performance Core Threads		16
Efficiency Cores		4
Efficiency Core Threads		4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency		2.7 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency		3.8 GHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-8000	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size	1.5 TB	128 GB
Max Memory Channels	12	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	768.0 GB/s	76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	Yes	Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version	5	5.0
PCIe Lanes	96	20
Official Website		Official Link ↗
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics		true
GPU Base Frequency		300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency		1500 MHz
Shader Units		256
Texture Units		16
Raster Operation Units		8
Execution Units		32
Power Consumption		15 W