Intel Core i7-14700HX 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

10229 points

10336 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11077 points

40% slightly better gaming score

7901 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10002 points

11185 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10024 points

11474 points

14% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

307.50 points

312.88 points

1% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13460 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

11007 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2505 points

80% 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

5.5 GHz

37% 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

86th of 1,118

82nd of 1,118

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 i7-14700HX vs Xeon Gold 6254 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon Gold 6254 is faster than the Core i7-14700HX. Despite this, the Core i7-14700HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-14700HX 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 i7-14700HX. Despite this, the Core i7-14700HX has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i7-14700HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.