Intel Xeon Gold 6254 vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT

Compare Intel 2nd Generation Xeon Scalable 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 1568.00
$ 321.08
$ 1246.92 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

10336 points
1% slightly better overall score
10175 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7901 points
8712 points
10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11185 points
3% slightly better multitasking score
10760 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11474 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score
11072 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

312.88 points
367.23 points
17% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
32
166% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.09 GHz
3.30 GHz
6% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
4.8 GHz
20% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

200 W
105 W
90% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

6
200% significantly more memory channels
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

79th of 1,089
83rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

2nd Generation Xeon Scalable
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May
2024 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Xeon Gold 6254 vs Ryzen 9 5900XT specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5900XT performs better than the Xeon Gold 6254. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon Gold 6254 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 5900XT has slightly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Xeon Gold 6254 has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon Gold 6254. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900XT has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon Gold 6254. Also, the Ryzen 9 5900XT has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 5900XT 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Xeon Gold 6254 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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