Intel Core i7-14700 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6254

Compare Intel Core i7 (14th gen) 20 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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$ 398.96

$ 1169.04 significantly less expensive

$ 1568.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

11732 points

13% slightly better overall score

10336 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13191 points

66% significantly better gaming score

7901 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11333 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

11185 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11315 points

11474 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

293.94 points

312.88 points

6% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

15696 points

42% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

11007 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2720 points

96% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1387 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

133% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz

3.09 GHz

47% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz

35% slightly higher turbo speed

4 GHz

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

55th of 1,089

79th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core i7 (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

DDR5-5600

DDR4-2933

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-14700 vs Xeon Gold 6254 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon Gold 6254 performs better than the Core i7-14700. Despite this, the Core i7-14700 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-14700 has significantly more cores with 20 cores whereas the Xeon Gold 6254 has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon Gold 6254. Our comparison shows that the Xeon Gold 6254 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700. Despite this, the Core i7-14700 has a slightly higher turbo speed.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-14700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.