Intel Core i9-7980XE vs Intel Xeon Gold 6254

Compare Intel Core X-series 18 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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$ 699.00

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$ 1568.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

10174 points

10336 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8591 points

8% slightly better gaming score

7901 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10736 points

11185 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10962 points

11474 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

376.16 points

20% slightly higher Blender score

312.88 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11124 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

11007 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1428 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1387 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

200% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz

3.09 GHz

18% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

165 W

21% slightly lower TDP

200 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

9% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

49% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

84th of 1,089

79th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

2nd Generation Xeon Scalable

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 August

2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR4-2933

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i9-7980XE vs Xeon Gold 6254 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon Gold 6254 is faster than the Core i9-7980XE. Despite this, the Core i9-7980XE has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-7980XE has significantly more cores than the Xeon Gold 6254. Indeed, the Core i9-7980XE has 18 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 i9-7980XE. Despite this, the Core i9-7980XE has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-7980XE CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon Gold 6254 CPU because of its 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 i9-7980XE has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.