Intel Xeon Gold 6250
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Intel Xeon Gold 6250 vs AMD Ryzen 3 2300X. Specifications

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Released
Q1/2020
Intel Xeon Gold 6250
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Q3/2018
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AMD Ryzen 3 2300X
AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

What's the best choice Intel Xeon Gold 6250 or AMD Ryzen 3 2300X? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

Intel Xeon Gold 6250 has a base frequency of 3.90 GHz. 8 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 185 W. Released in Q1/2020.

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X has a base frequency of 3.50 GHz. 4 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 65 W. Released in Q3/2018.

Differences

  • Higher clock speed

    Around 11% better clock speed

    3.90 GHz left arrow 3.50 GHz
  • More number of cores

    4 more cores

    8 left arrow 4
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 13% higher specified turbo frequency

    4.50 GHz left arrow 4.00 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon Gold 6250 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

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AMD Ryzen 3 2300X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 3 2300X
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  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    65 W left arrow 185 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 3 2300X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    248 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    410 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    570 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Xeon Gold 6250 Intel Xeon Gold 6250
AMD Ryzen 3 2300X AMD Ryzen 3 2300X
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • CPU group
    Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 left arrow AMD Ryzen 2000
  • Family
    Intel Xeon Gold left arrow AMD Ryzen
  • Generation
    2 left arrow 2
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Successor
    - left arrow AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    3.9 GHz left arrow 3.5 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    8 left arrow 4
  • CPU Threads
    16 left arrow 4
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    4.5 GHz left arrow 4 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
    4.5 GHz left arrow -
  • Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
    - left arrow 3.8 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow None
  • GPU Turbo
    No turbo left arrow -
  • Graphics verification source
    - left arrow https://www.amd.com/en/products/specifications/processors.html
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 3 2300X and Intel Xeon Gold 6250. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    1024 GB left arrow -
  • Memory channels
    6 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4-2933 left arrow DDR4-2933
  • PCIe lanes
    48 left arrow 20
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 3.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon Gold 6250 and AMD Ryzen 3 2300X Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    76 °C left arrow 95 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    185 W left arrow 65 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon Gold 6250 and AMD Ryzen 3 2300X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Cascade Lake left arrow Pinnacle Ridge (Zen+)
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L3-Cache
    35.75 MB left arrow 8.00 MB
  • Release date
    Q1/2020 left arrow Q3/2018
  • Socket
    LGA 3647 left arrow AM4
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 12 nm
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow AMD-V, SVM

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

No comparable benchmark results are available yet. Specifications alone do not determine which model is faster.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

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