Intel Xeon Gold 6256: specs and benchmarks

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Xeon Gold 6256
Intel Xeon Gold 6256
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Year of release 2020
Performance 37.10

Summary

Intel started Xeon Gold 6256 sales 1 January 2020. This is desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 12 cores and 24 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 4500 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA3647 processor with a TDP of 205 Watt. It supports DDR4-2933 memory.

It provides good benchmark performance at

37.10%

of a leader's which is AMD EPYC 9654.

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General info

Xeon Gold 6256 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance ranking81
Value for money10.15
Market segmentServer
Release date1 January 2020 (3 years old)
Current price$3785 of 15854 (Xeon Platinum 8276L)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Technical specs

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 speed3.6 GHzof 4.7 (Ryzen 9 7900X)
Boost clock speed4.5 GHzof 6 (Core i9-13900KS)
L3 cache33 MBof 768 (EPYC 7773X)
Chip lithography14 nmof 4 (Ryzen 9 7940HS)
Maximum core temperature64 °Cof 110 (Atom x7-E3950)
64 bit support-
Windows 11 compatibility+
Unlocked multiplier-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6256 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.

SocketFCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)205 Wattof 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6256. 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+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Speed Shift+
Turbo Boost Technology2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology+
TSX+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-

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 6256's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933of 5600 (Ryzen 9 7940HS)
Maximum memory size1 TBof 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3)
Max memory channels6of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
ECC memory support+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version3.0of 5 (EPYC 9654)
PCI Express lanes48of 128 (EPYC 7401)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon Gold 6256. 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 6256 37.10

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Xeon Gold 6256 46767

Gaming performance

Relative perfomance

Overall Xeon Gold 6256 performance compared to nearest competitors among server CPUs.


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