Intel Xeon Gold 6346 vs W-3175X

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Combined performance score

Xeon W-3175X
24.20

Gold 6346 outperforms W-3175X by 1% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Xeon W-3175X and Xeon Gold 6346 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking177173
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money16.8518.28
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Wno data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2019)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date19 December 2018 (5 years old)6 April 2021 (2 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,999no data
Current price$1749 (0.6x MSRP)$2311
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 6346 has 8% better value for money than Xeon W-3175X.

Technical specs

Xeon W-3175X and Xeon Gold 6346 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 cores28 (Octacosa-Core)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads5632
Base clock speed3.1 GHz3.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz3.6 GHz
Bus support4 × 8 GT/sno data
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache38.5 MB (shared)36 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature85 °C78 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data78 °C
Number of transistors8,000 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W-3175X and Xeon Gold 6346 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 configuration12
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)255 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-3175X and Xeon Gold 6346. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
StatusDiscontinuedLaunched

Security technologies

Xeon W-3175X and Xeon Gold 6346 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W-3175X and Xeon Gold 6346 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W-3175X and Xeon Gold 6346. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size512 GB6 TB
Max memory channels68
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W-3175X and Xeon Gold 6346.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes4864

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. 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 W-3175X 24.20
Xeon Gold 6346 24.56
+1.5%

Gold 6346 outperforms W-3175X by 1% in our combined benchmark results.


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 W-3175X 37167
Xeon Gold 6346 37722
+1.5%

Gold 6346 outperforms W-3175X by 1% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 24.20 24.56
Recency 19 December 2018 6 April 2021
Physical cores 28 16
Threads 56 32
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 255 Watt 205 Watt

We couldn't decide between Xeon W-3175X and Xeon Gold 6346. The differences in performance seem too small.


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