Intel Xeon Gold 6254 vs AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX

Compare Intel 2nd Generation Xeon Scalable 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 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

11380 points

10% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7901 points

10581 points

33% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11185 points

11723 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11474 points

11982 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

312.88 points

538.07 points

71% 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

2.5 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

79th of 1,089

61st of 1,089

Family

The product line

2nd Generation Xeon Scalable

Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May

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 9955HX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon Gold 6254 is faster than the Ryzen 9 9955HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has slightly more cores than the Xeon Gold 6254. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has 16 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Xeon Gold 6254. It also has more threads than the Xeon Gold 6254. Our comparison shows that the Xeon Gold 6254 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 9955HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 9955HX 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.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Xeon Gold 6254 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.