Intel Core i9-14900HX vs Intel Xeon Gold 6254

Compare Intel Core i9 (14th gen) 24 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

10999 points
6% slightly better overall score
10336 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11453 points
44% significantly better gaming score
7901 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10950 points
11185 points
2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11076 points
11474 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

340.82 points
8% slightly higher Blender score
312.88 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

15507 points
40% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
11007 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2661 points
91% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1387 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

24
100% significantly more cores
12

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
166% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz
3.09 GHz
40% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.8 GHz
44% significantly higher turbo speed
4 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

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

69th of 1,089
79th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core i9 (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 i9-14900HX vs Xeon Gold 6254 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-14900HX 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-14900HX has significantly more cores than the Xeon Gold 6254. Indeed, the Core i9-14900HX has 24 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Xeon Gold 6254. It also has more threads than the Xeon Gold 6254. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon Gold 6254 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-14900HX. Despite this, the Core i9-14900HX has a significantly higher turbo speed.

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 i9-14900HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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