Xeon Gold 6246R vs W-2195
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 6246R outperforms Xeon W-2195 by a small 9% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 441 | 377 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.70 | 3.08 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | Intel Xeon W | Intel Xeon Gold |
| Power efficiency | 4.79 | 3.57 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | Intel | no data |
| Architecture codename | Skylake (server) (2017−2018) | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) |
| Release date | 29 September 2017 (7 years ago) | 24 February 2020 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $2,553 | $3,286 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon Gold 6246R has 81% better value for money than Xeon W-2195.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon W-2195 and Xeon Gold 6246R 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 | 18 (Octadeca-Core) | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) |
| Threads | 36 | 32 |
| Base clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.3 GHz | 4.1 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 3.0 | DMI 3.0 |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | 4 × 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | 23 | 34 |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 1 MB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | 24.75 MB (shared) | 35.75 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 66 °C | 75 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon W-2195 and Xeon Gold 6246R 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 | 1 (Uniprocessor) | no data |
| Socket | Socket R4 | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 140 Watt | 205 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-2195 and Xeon Gold 6246R. 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® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | + | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | + |
| TSX | + | + |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Flex Memory Access | - | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | + | no data |
| PAE | 46 Bit | no data |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - | - |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Xeon W-2195 and Xeon Gold 6246R technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| MPX | + | - |
| Identity Protection | + | - |
| SGX | - | no data |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W-2195 and Xeon Gold 6246R are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W-2195 and Xeon Gold 6246R. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400, DDR4-2666 | DDR4-2933 |
| Maximum memory size | 512 GB | 1 TB |
| Max memory channels | 4 | 6 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 85.33 GB/s | 140.8 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W-2195 and Xeon Gold 6246R.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | 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.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 16.78 | 18.32 |
| Recency | 29 September 2017 | 24 February 2020 |
| Physical cores | 18 | 16 |
| Threads | 36 | 32 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 140 Watt | 205 Watt |
Xeon W-2195 has 12.5% more physical cores and 12.5% more threads, and 46.4% lower power consumption.
Xeon Gold 6246R, on the other hand, has a 9.2% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 2 years.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Intel Xeon W-2195 and Intel Xeon Gold 6246R.
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