Xeon Gold 6246: specs and benchmarks

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Xeon Gold 6246
2019
12 cores / 24 threads, 165 Watt
15.63

Xeon Gold 6246 provides good benchmark performance at 15.63% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

Intel started Xeon Gold 6246 sales 2 April 2019 at a recommended price of $3,286. This is a Cascade Lake architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 12 cores and 24 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 4200 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA3647 processor with a TDP of 165 Watt. It supports DDR4-2933 memory.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking441
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.84
Market segmentServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency8.96of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U)
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,286of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads24
Base clock speed3.3 GHzof 4.7 GHz (Ryzen 9 7900X)
Boost clock speed4.2 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
Bus typeDMI 3.0
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier33of 42 (Core i7-7700K)
L1 cache768 KBof 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache12 MBof 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache24.75 MBof 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography14 nmof 3 nm (Core Ultra 9 285K)
Maximum core temperature76 °Cof 110 °C (Core Ultra 9 185H)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6246 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.

Number of CPUs in a configuration4 (Multiprocessor)of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H)
SocketFCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)165 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

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

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI+
AVX+
vPro+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Speed Shift+
Turbo Boost Technology2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology+
TSX+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-
Deep Learning Boost+

Security technologies

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

TXT+
EDB+

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 Gold 6246's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933
Maximum memory size1 TBof 6 TiB (EPYC 9654)
Max memory channels6of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth140.8 GB/sof 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9654)
ECC memory support+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version3.0of 5.0 (EPYC 9655P)
PCI Express lanes48of 128 (EPYC 9655P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon Gold 6246. 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. 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 Gold 6246 15.63

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 Gold 6246 24829

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Xeon Gold 6246's performance relative to its closest rivals among server CPUs.


Xeon Gold 6246 100

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Xeon Gold 6246 is Xeon Platinum 8176, which is slower by 7% and lower by 50 positions in our ranking.

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