EPYC 7452 vs Xeon Gold 6254

Place in the ranking	282	163
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	8.57	8.58
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	AMD EPYC
Power efficiency	9.39	17.30
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Zen 2 (2017−2020)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	7 August 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,803	$2,025

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 6254 and EPYC 7452 have a nearly equal value for money.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6254 and EPYC 7452 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	18 (Octadeca-Core)	32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads	36	64
Base clock speed	3.1 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	3.35 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	31	23.5
L1 cache	1.125 MB	96K (per core)
L2 cache	18 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	24.75 MB	128 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm, 14 nm
Die size	no data	192 mm²
Maximum core temperature	82 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	4,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6254 and EPYC 7452 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	4 (Multiprocessor)	2 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA3647	TR4
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	155 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6254 and EPYC 7452. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6254 and EPYC 7452 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6254 and EPYC 7452 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6254 and EPYC 7452. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR4 Eight-channel
Maximum memory size	1 TB	4 TiB
Max memory channels	6	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	140.8 GB/s	204.763 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6254 and EPYC 7452.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	48	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon Gold 6254 19.84

EPYC 7452 28.33
+42.8%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon Gold 6254 31513

EPYC 7452 44996
+42.8%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Xeon Gold 6254 1374
+27.8%

EPYC 7452 1075

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Xeon Gold 6254 10612
+29.2%

EPYC 7452 8215

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	19.84	28.33
Recency	2 April 2019	7 August 2019
Physical cores	18	32
Threads	36	64
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	155 Watt

EPYC 7452 has a 42.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 months, 77.8% more physical cores and 77.8% more threads, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 29% lower power consumption.

The EPYC 7452 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Gold 6254 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Gold 6254 and EPYC 7452, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.