Intel Xeon Gold 6254 vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G

Compare Intel 2nd Generation Xeon Scalable 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen PRO 8000 Series 8 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

2% slightly better overall score

10042 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7901 points

12109 points

53% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11185 points

20% slightly better multitasking score

9318 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11474 points

26% slightly better heavy workload score

9090 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.09 GHz

4.2 GHz

35% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

5.1 GHz

27% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

200 W

65 W

207% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

200% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

79th of 1,089

86th of 1,089

Family

The product line

2nd Generation Xeon Scalable

Ryzen PRO 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May

2024 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933

DDR5

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon Gold 6254 vs Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon Gold 6254 performs better than the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon Gold 6254 has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G that has 8 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G has more threads than the Xeon Gold 6254. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon Gold 6254. Also, the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G outputs less heat than Xeon Gold 6254 thanks to a 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. For instance, the Xeon Gold 6254 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.