AMD Ryzen 7 8700G vs Intel Xeon Gold 6254

Compare AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 8 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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Price

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$ 273.07
$ 1294.93 significantly less expensive
$ 1568.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

9769 points
10336 points
5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11596 points
46% significantly better gaming score
7901 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9145 points
11185 points
22% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8951 points
11474 points
28% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

245.43 points
312.88 points
27% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13530 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
11007 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2650 points
91% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1387 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.2 GHz
35% slightly higher clock speed
3.09 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
27% slightly higher turbo speed
4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
207% significantly lower TDP
200 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
6
200% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

95th of 1,089
79th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 8000 Series
2nd Generation Xeon Scalable

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 January
2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR4-2933

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 7 8700G vs Xeon Gold 6254 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon Gold 6254 is faster than the Ryzen 7 8700G. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 8700G has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon Gold 6254 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 8700G. Indeed, the Xeon Gold 6254 has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 8700G. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 8700G has more threads than the Xeon Gold 6254. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 8700G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon Gold 6254. Also, the Ryzen 7 8700G has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 8700G CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon Gold 6254 CPU because of its significantly 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 Ryzen 7 8700G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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