Xeon Gold 6246 vs E5520

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5520 and Xeon Gold 6246 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2096	434
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.58	6.95
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	Intel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency	1.88	8.96
Architecture codename	Gainestown (2009−2010)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	30 March 2009 (15 years ago)	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$19	$3,286

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 6246 has 169% better value for money than Xeon E5520.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5520 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	8	24
Base clock speed	2.26 GHz	3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.53 GHz	4.2 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	33
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	768 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	12 MB
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	24.75 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Die size	263 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	72 °C	76 °C
Number of transistors	731 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5520 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	2	4 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA1366	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5520 and Xeon Gold 6246. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	40 Bit	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon E5520 and Xeon Gold 6246 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5520 and Xeon Gold 6246 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5520 and Xeon Gold 6246. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	144 GB	1 TB
Max memory channels	3	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5520 and Xeon Gold 6246.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	48

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.59	15.63
Recency	30 March 2009	2 April 2019
Physical cores	4	12
Threads	8	24
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	165 Watt

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