Xeon Gold 6426Y vs W-3265M
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 6426Y outperforms Xeon W-3265M 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 | 313 | 282 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.62 | 12.92 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | Intel Xeon W | no data |
| Power efficiency | 4.01 | 4.82 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) | Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024) |
| Release date | 3 June 2019 (6 years ago) | 10 January 2023 (2 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $6,353 | $1,517 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon Gold 6426Y has 698% better value for money than Xeon W-3265M.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon W-3265M and Xeon Gold 6426Y 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 | 24 (Tetracosa-Core) | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) |
| Threads | 48 | 32 |
| Base clock speed | 2.7 GHz | 2.5 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.6 GHz | 4.1 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 3.0 | no data |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 27 | no data |
| L1 cache | 1.5 MB | 80K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 24 MB | 2 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 33 MB | 37.5 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | Intel 7 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 78 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 80 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon W-3265M and Xeon Gold 6426Y 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) | 2 |
| Socket | FCLGA3647 | FCLGA4677 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 205 Watt | 185 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-3265M and Xeon Gold 6426Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AVX-512 | Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | + |
| TSX | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | + | no data |
| Deep Learning Boost | + | + |
Security technologies
Xeon W-3265M and Xeon Gold 6426Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® SPS |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W-3265M and Xeon Gold 6426Y are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W-3265M and Xeon Gold 6426Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2933 | DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400 |
| Maximum memory size | 2 TB | 4 TB |
| Max memory channels | 6 | 8 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 140.8 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W-3265M and Xeon Gold 6426Y.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 5 |
| PCI Express lanes | 64 | 80 |
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.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 20.53 | 22.29 |
| Recency | 3 June 2019 | 10 January 2023 |
| Physical cores | 24 | 16 |
| Threads | 48 | 32 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 205 Watt | 185 Watt |
Xeon W-3265M has 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads.
Xeon Gold 6426Y, on the other hand, has a 8.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and 10.8% lower power consumption.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Intel Xeon W-3265M and Intel Xeon Gold 6426Y.
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