Intel Xeon E-2174G 4-core LGA 1151

A four-core Xeon from 2018 that still thinks it deserves 2025 money. Fine for ECC die-hards on old boards, pointless for everyone else.

The single-thread score of 2625 in PassMark lands this chip in the 75th percentile, which is honestly better than we expected from a 14nm part this old. The 4.7GHz boost does some heavy lifting there. But the multi-thread score of 9521 is dead average, and that's the number that matters for the server and workstation workloads this chip is supposedly built for. The integrated graphics are a nice touch for a headless server you occasionally need to troubleshoot with a monitor, but don't expect to render anything on them.

The Ryzen 7 9800X3D makes this Xeon look like a museum piece. Eight cores, modern architecture, and gaming performance that embarrasses the E-2174G's 30.8 score. Even a used Ryzen 5 from a couple generations back will beat this chip in most tasks while costing less. The only reason to pick the Xeon is ECC memory support on a platform you already own. If you're building new, there's no contest.

This is where it gets ugly. The affordability score sits in the 11th percentile, which means you're paying way too much for way too little. At $650 USD or £787 GBP, you're in used Ryzen 7 or even entry-level Threadripper territory, and those chips will run circles around this thing in multi-threaded workloads. Unless you're locked into an LGA 1151 server board and need ECC, this is a bad buy.

The Intel Xeon E-2174G is a server chip that thinks it's still 2018. Four cores, eight threads, and a 4.7GHz boost clock sounds fine on paper, but in 2025 that's entry-level territory for a workstation, let alone a server. The one thing to know? This is a niche part for people running older LGA 1151 server boards who need ECC memory and don't want to rebuild their whole rig.

If you're building a new server or workstation, skip this entirely. Go grab a used Ryzen 7 or a modern Core i5 and you'll get more cores, better performance, and an actual upgrade path for less money. This Xeon is only for people stuck on LGA 1151 server boards who need ECC and can't justify a full platform swap.

Don't buy this unless you already have an LGA 1151 server board that needs a drop-in replacement and you absolutely require ECC memory. For everyone else, this chip is overpriced, underpowered, and stuck on a dead platform. The single-thread performance is a pleasant surprise, but it doesn't justify the price tag or the four-core limitation.