AMD Ryzen 9 7900 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6254

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 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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$ 407.55

$ 1160.45 significantly less expensive

$ 1568.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

13078 points

26% slightly better overall score

10336 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13206 points

67% significantly better gaming score

7901 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

13028 points

16% slightly better multitasking score

11185 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

13011 points

13% slightly better heavy workload score

11474 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

394.92 points

26% slightly higher Blender score

312.88 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

16768 points

52% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

11007 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2868 points

106% 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

3.70 GHz

19% slightly higher clock speed

3.09 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz

35% 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

200% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

40th of 1,089

79th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9

2nd Generation Xeon Scalable

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 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 9 7900 vs Xeon Gold 6254 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon Gold 6254 is faster than the Ryzen 9 7900. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7900 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 9 7900 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 7900 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon Gold 6254. Also, the Ryzen 9 7900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 7900 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 7900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.