AMD Ryzen 7 260 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6230

Compare AMD Ryzen 200 Series 8 core CPU vs Intel 2nd Generation Xeon Scalable 20 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

8731 points

9125 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10154 points

76% significantly better gaming score

5766 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8262 points

10388 points

25% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8111 points

11200 points

38% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

150% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

150% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.80 GHz

81% significantly higher clock speed

2.10 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz

30% slightly higher turbo speed

3.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

177% significantly lower TDP

125 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

200% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB

20 MiB

150% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

27.5 MiB

71% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

125th of 1,118

115th of 1,118

Family

The product line

Ryzen 200 Series

2nd Generation Xeon Scalable

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5

DDR4-2933

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 7 260 vs Xeon Gold 6230 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon Gold 6230 beats the Ryzen 7 260 in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 260 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon Gold 6230 has significantly more cores with 20 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 260 has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 260. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 260 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon Gold 6230. Also, the Ryzen 7 260 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 260 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon Gold 6230 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Xeon Gold 6230 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 260. The Xeon Gold 6230 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 Ryzen 7 260 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.