AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs Intel Xeon Gold 6254

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 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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$ 269.00

$ 1299.00 significantly less expensive

$ 1568.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

9859 points

10336 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9924 points

25% slightly better gaming score

7901 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9836 points

11185 points

13% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9828 points

11474 points

16% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

313.97 points

0.35% slightly higher Blender score

312.88 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11794 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

11007 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2200 points

58% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1387 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

19% slightly higher clock speed

3.09 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz

20% slightly higher turbo speed

4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W

90% significantly lower TDP

200 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

94th of 1,089

79th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop

2nd Generation Xeon Scalable

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May

2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-2933

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 9 5900X vs Xeon Gold 6254 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon Gold 6254 is faster than the Ryzen 9 5900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 9 5900X has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 5900X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon Gold 6254. Also, the Ryzen 9 5900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 5900X 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 9 5900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.