Intel Core i5-14500 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6230

Compare Intel Core i5 (14th gen) 14 core CPU vs Intel 2nd Generation Xeon Scalable 20 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

9533 points
4% slightly better overall score
9125 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12007 points
108% significantly better gaming score
5766 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8804 points
10388 points
17% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8680 points
11200 points
29% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

12760 points
66% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7673 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2520 points
121% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1140 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
20
42% many more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
40
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
24% slightly higher clock speed
2.10 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
48
139% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
6
200% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

11.5 MiB
20 MiB
73% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
27.5 MiB
14% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

101st of 1,114
114th of 1,114

Family

The product line

Core i5 (14th gen)
2nd Generation Xeon Scalable

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 February
2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR4-2933

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
Yes

Core i5-14500 vs Xeon Gold 6230 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-14500 is faster than the Xeon Gold 6230. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon Gold 6230 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon Gold 6230 has many more cores with 20 cores whereas the Core i5-14500 has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-14500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-14500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon Gold 6230. The info from our database shows that the Xeon Gold 6230 has more L2 cache than the Core i5-14500. The Xeon Gold 6230 also has slightly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-14500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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