Intel Xeon Gold 6254 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

Compare Intel 2nd Generation Xeon Scalable 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series 24 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

Price

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$ 1568.00

$ 894.99

$ 673.01 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

10336 points

3% slightly better overall score

9951 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7901 points

9% slightly better gaming score

7212 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11185 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

11058 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11474 points

11834 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

312.88 points

397.75 points

27% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11007 points

52% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7241 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1387 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1240 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

300% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.09 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

4.2 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

200 W

25% slightly lower TDP

250 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

49% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

79th of 1,089

91st of 1,089

Family

The product line

2nd Generation Xeon Scalable

Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May

2018 October

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

Xeon Gold 6254 vs Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon Gold 6254 performs better than the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Xeon Gold 6254 that has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon Gold 6254. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon Gold 6254 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Xeon Gold 6254 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX CPU because of its slightly 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.