Xeon Gold 6330 vs Bronze 3206R

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon Bronze 3206R
2020
8 cores / 8 threads, 85 Watt
6.80
Xeon Gold 6330
2021
28 cores / 56 threads, 205 Watt
27.11
+299%

Xeon Gold 6330 outperforms Xeon Bronze 3206R by a whopping 299% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Bronze 3206R and Xeon Gold 6330 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1030181
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency7.5712.51
Architecture codenameno dataIce Lake-SP (2021)
Release date1 January 2020 (4 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Bronze 3206R and Xeon Gold 6330 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads856
Base clock speed1.9 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed1.9 GHz3.1 GHz
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cacheno data1 MB (per core)
L3 cache11 MB42 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature78 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data86 °C
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Bronze 3206R and Xeon Gold 6330 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 configurationno data2
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Bronze 3206R and Xeon Gold 6330. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Xeon Bronze 3206R and Xeon Gold 6330 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Bronze 3206R and Xeon Gold 6330 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Bronze 3206R and Xeon Gold 6330. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2133DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size1 TB6 TB
Max memory channels68
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Bronze 3206R and Xeon Gold 6330.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes4864

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 Bronze 3206R 6.80
Xeon Gold 6330 27.11
+299%

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 Bronze 3206R 10797
Xeon Gold 6330 43056
+299%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.80 27.11
Recency 1 January 2020 6 April 2021
Physical cores 8 28
Threads 8 56
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 205 Watt

Xeon Bronze 3206R has 141.2% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6330, on the other hand, has a 298.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 250% more physical cores and 600% more threads, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon Gold 6330 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Bronze 3206R in performance tests.


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