Xeon Gold 6426Y: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 6426Y provides good benchmark performance at 24.75% of a leader's which is a 96-core Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.
Summary
Intel started Xeon Gold 6426Y sales 10 January 2023. This is a Sapphire Rapids architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 16 cores and 32 threads, and is based on Intel 7 manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 4100 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA4677 processor with a TDP of 185 Watt and a maximum temperature of 80 °C. It supports DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400 memory.
Primary details
Xeon Gold 6426Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | 198 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Architecture codename | Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024) | |
| Release date | 10 January 2023 (1 year ago) |
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 cores | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) | |
| Threads | 32 | |
| Base clock speed | 2.5 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 4.1 GHz | of 50 MHz (i486DX-50) |
| L1 cache | 80K (per core) | of 7475.2 KB (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB (per core) | of 98304 KB (EPYC 9654) |
| L3 cache | 37.5 MB | of 1179648 KB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | Intel 7 nm | of 0.18 µm (K6-2+/450ACZ) |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 80 °C | of 105 °C (Core i7-5950HQ) |
| 64 bit support | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Gold 6426Y 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 configuration | 2 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | FCLGA4677 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 185 Watt | of 400 Watt (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6426Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 | |
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| Speed Shift | + | |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | |
| TSX | + | |
| Status | Launched | |
| Deep Learning Boost | + |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | |
| EDB | + | |
| SGX | Yes with Intel® SPS | |
| OS Guard | + |
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 6426Y's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400 | |
| Maximum memory size | 4 TB | of 6 TiB (EPYC 9124) |
| Max memory channels | 8 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| ECC memory support | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 5 | |
| PCI Express lanes | 80 | of 128 (EPYC 7551P) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon Gold 6426Y. 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.
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.
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AMD equivalent
It seems that there's no AMD equivalent for Xeon Gold 6426Y. The nearest candidate is Opteron 6278, however, it's 64% slower and lower by 652 positions in our rating.
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