Intel Xeon Gold 6254 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225H

Compare Intel 2nd Generation Xeon Scalable 12 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 14 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

10336 points

3% slightly better overall score

10018 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7901 points

12576 points

59% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11185 points

21% slightly better multitasking score

9171 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11474 points

28% slightly better heavy workload score

8902 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

312.88 points

56% significantly higher Blender score

199.93 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11007 points

11870 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1387 points

2425 points

74% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.09 GHz

81% significantly higher clock speed

1.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

4.9 GHz

22% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

71% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

200% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

79th of 1,089

87th of 1,089

Family

The product line

2nd Generation Xeon Scalable

Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May

2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933

DDR5-8400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon Gold 6254 vs Core Ultra 5 225H specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Xeon Gold 6254 beats the Core Ultra 5 225H in overall performance. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 225H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 5 225H has slightly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Xeon Gold 6254 has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon Gold 6254. Our comparison shows that the Xeon Gold 6254 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 225H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 225H has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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. For instance, the Xeon Gold 6254 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.