Intel Xeon Gold 6254 vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX

Compare Intel 2nd Generation Xeon Scalable 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 16 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

10538 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7901 points

9595 points

21% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11185 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

10967 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11474 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

11265 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

312.88 points

468.88 points

49% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

166% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.09 GHz

23% slightly higher clock speed

2.50 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

5.4 GHz

35% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

200 W

55 W

263% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

200% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

82nd of 1,120

80th of 1,120

Family

The product line

2nd Generation Xeon Scalable

Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May

2025 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon Gold 6254 vs Ryzen 9 8945HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 8945HX beats the Xeon Gold 6254 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon Gold 6254 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has slightly more cores than the Xeon Gold 6254. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has 16 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Xeon Gold 6254. It also has more threads than the Xeon Gold 6254. With our hardware info, we find that the Xeon Gold 6254 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 9 8945HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 8945HX 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.