Xeon W-11955M vs Gold 6246

General info

Comparing Xeon Gold 6246 and Xeon W-11955M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	372	432
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	7.58	40.84
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	Intel Tiger Lake
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Tiger Lake-H (2021)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years old)	11 May 2021 (2 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,286	no data
Current price	$2260 (0.7x MSRP)	$530

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon W-11955M has 439% better value for money than Xeon Gold 6246.

Technical specs

Xeon Gold 6246 and Xeon W-11955M 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	12 (Dodeca-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	24	16
Base clock speed	3.3 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.2 GHz	5 GHz
Bus support	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	768 KB	96K (per core)
L2 cache	12 MB	1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache	24.75 MB	24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm SuperFin
Maximum core temperature	76 °C	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	72 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6246 and Xeon W-11955M 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	4 (Multiprocessor)	1
Socket	FCLGA3647	FCBGA1787
Power consumption (TDP)	165 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6246 and Xeon W-11955M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	no data	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
SIPP	no data	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	+
Status	Launched	Discontinued

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6246 and Xeon W-11955M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	no data	+
SGX	no data	-
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6246 and Xeon W-11955M are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6246 and Xeon W-11955M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR4
Maximum memory size	1 TB	128 GB
Max memory channels	6	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	140.8 GB/s	51.2 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	Intel® UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	1.45 GHz
Execution Units	no data	32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon Gold 6246 and Xeon W-11955M integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon Gold 6246 and Xeon W-11955M integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP	no data	4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	7680x4320@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon Gold 6246 and Xeon W-11955M integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	12.1
OpenGL	no data	4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6246 and Xeon W-11955M.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	48	20

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.

Gold 6246 outperforms W-11955M by 10% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	16.21	14.80
Recency	2 April 2019	11 May 2021
Physical cores	12	8
Threads	24	16
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	165 Watt	35 Watt

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