Xeon Gold 6246 vs Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 6246 outperforms Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U by a whopping 300% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1756 | 649 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 1.43 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | AMD Ryzen 3 | Intel Xeon Gold |
| Power efficiency | 9.06 | 3.30 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | GlobalFoundries | no data |
| Architecture codename | Raven Ridge (2017−2019) | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) |
| Release date | 8 January 2019 (6 years ago) | 2 April 2019 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $3,286 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Xeon Gold 6246 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 12 (Dodeca-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 24 |
| Base clock speed | 2 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.4 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | DMI 3.0 |
| Bus rate | no data | 4 × 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | 20 | 33 |
| L1 cache | 96 KB (per core) | 768 KB |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | 12 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 24.75 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 210 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 76 °C |
| Number of transistors | 4,950 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Xeon Gold 6246 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 | 1 (Uniprocessor) | 4 (Multiprocessor) |
| Socket | FP5 | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 165 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Xeon Gold 6246. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Xeon Gold 6246 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 Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Xeon Gold 6246 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 Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Xeon Gold 6246. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 Dual-channel | DDR4-2933 |
| Maximum memory size | 32 GB | 1 TB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 6 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.397 GB/s | 140.8 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1100 MHz) | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U and Xeon Gold 6246.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | 48 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 3.20 | 12.80 |
| Recency | 8 January 2019 | 2 April 2019 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 12 |
| Threads | 4 | 24 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 165 Watt |
Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U has 1000% lower power consumption.
Xeon Gold 6246, on the other hand, has a 300% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 months, and 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads.
The Intel Xeon Gold 6246 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U in performance tests.
Be aware that Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 6246 is a server/workstation one.
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