Intel Xeon 6521P: specs and benchmarks

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Xeon 6521P
2025
24 cores / 48 threads, 225 Watt
36.06

Xeon 6521P provides good benchmark performance at 36.06% of a leader's which is a 192-core EPYC 9965.

Summary

Intel started Xeon 6521P sales 1 January 2025. This is a desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 24 cores and 48 threads, and is based on Intel 3 manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 4100 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA4710 processor with a TDP of 225 Watt. It supports DDR5(6400MT/s) memory.

Primary details

Xeon 6521P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking120
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentServer
Power efficiency15.46of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme)
DesignerIntel
Release date1 January 2025 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads48
Base clock speed2.6 GHzof 4.7 GHz (Ryzen 9 7900X)
Boost clock speed4.1 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L3 cache144 MBof 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithographyIntel 3 nmof 3 nm (EPYC 9965)
Maximum core temperature82 °Cof 110 °C (Core Ultra 7 265H)
64 bit support-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon 6521P compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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.

SocketFCLGA4710
Power consumption (TDP)225 Wattof 500 Watt (EPYC 9965)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon 6521P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512, Intel® AMX
AES-NI+
Speed Shift+
Turbo Boost Technology2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology+
TSX+
Deep Learning Boost+

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+
EDB+
SGX+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d+
VT-x+
EPT+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon 6521P's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5(6400MT/s)
Maximum memory size4 TBof 6 TiB (EPYC 9654)
ECC memory support+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version5.0
PCI Express lanes136of 144 (Threadripper PRO 7955WX)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon 6521P. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating.

Xeon 6521P 36.06

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.

Xeon 6521P 57970

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Xeon 6521P's performance relative to its closest rivals among server CPUs.


Xeon w7-3455 100.64
Xeon 6521P 100

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Xeon 6521P is Xeon Platinum 8362, which is slower by 2% and lower by 11 positions in our ranking.

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