Intel Core i9-12900K vs Intel Xeon Gold 6254

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 16 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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$ 289.00

$ 1279.00 significantly less expensive

$ 1568.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

13331 points

28% slightly better overall score

10336 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14234 points

80% significantly better gaming score

7901 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

13035 points

16% slightly better multitasking score

11185 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

12983 points

13% slightly better heavy workload score

11474 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

364.47 points

16% slightly higher Blender score

312.88 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

15365 points

39% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

11007 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2616 points

88% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1387 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

3.09 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz

30% slightly higher turbo speed

4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

241 W

200 W

20% slightly lower TDP

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

39th of 1,089

79th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9

2nd Generation Xeon Scalable

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 November

2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR4-2933

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i9-12900K vs Xeon Gold 6254 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12900K performs better than the Xeon Gold 6254. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon Gold 6254 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-12900K has slightly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Xeon Gold 6254 has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon Gold 6254. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-12900K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon Gold 6254. Also, the Core i9-12900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon Gold 6254 outputs less heat than Core i9-12900K thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i9-12900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.