Intel Core i7-12700F vs Intel Xeon Gold 6254

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 12 core CPU vs Intel 2nd Generation Xeon Scalable 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon Gold 6254

Price

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$ 244.97

$ 1323.03 significantly less expensive

$ 1568.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

10416 points

0.77% slightly better overall score

10336 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12172 points

54% significantly better gaming score

7901 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9844 points

11185 points

13% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9714 points

11474 points

18% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

270.50 points

312.88 points

15% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11785 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

11007 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2387 points

72% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1387 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

66% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

3.09 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz

22% slightly higher turbo speed

4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

207% significantly lower TDP

200 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

139% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

200% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

77th of 1,089

79th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7

2nd Generation Xeon Scalable

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR4-2933

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-12700F vs Xeon Gold 6254 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700F beats the Xeon Gold 6254 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon Gold 6254 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-12700F has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-12700F has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon Gold 6254. Also, the Core i7-12700F has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-12700F CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon Gold 6254 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-12700F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.