Intel Xeon Gold 6254 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

Compare Intel 2nd Generation Xeon Scalable 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series 32 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

10823 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7901 points

5% slightly better gaming score

7475 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11185 points

12159 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11474 points

13149 points

14% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

312.88 points

458.04 points

46% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11007 points

44% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7606 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1387 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1205 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

166% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

433% 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

73rd 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 August

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 2990WX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX beats the Xeon Gold 6254 in overall performance. Despite this, the Xeon Gold 6254 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has significantly more cores than the Xeon Gold 6254. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has 32 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 Threadripper 2990WX. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Xeon Gold 6254 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX CPU because of its slightly 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.