Intel Pentium 3550M vs Intel Xeon Gold 6146

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Intel Pentium 3550M CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Gold 6146
Intel Pentium 3550M Intel Xeon Gold 6146

CPU comparison

Intel Pentium 3550M or Intel Xeon Gold 6146 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Pentium 3550M has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.30 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium 3550M was released in Q4/2013.

The Intel Xeon Gold 6146 has 12 cores with 24 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 768 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6146 was released in Q3/2017.
Intel Pentium (150) Family Intel Xeon Gold (163)
Intel Pentium 3000 (8) CPU group Intel Xeon Gold 5100/6100 (34)
4 Generation 1
Haswell U Architecture Skylake
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium 3550M is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.30 GHz. The Intel Xeon Gold 6146 has 12 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.20 GHz (4.20 GHz).

Intel Pentium 3550M Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6146
2 Cores 12
2 Threads 24
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.30 GHz Frequency 3.20 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.20 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.60 GHz

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Intel Pentium 3550M Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6146
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) GPU no iGPU
0.40 GHz GPU frequency --
1.10 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
7.5 GPU Generation --
22 nm Technology
3 Max. displays
10 Compute units --
80 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory --
11.1 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) GPU no iGPU
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Pentium 3550M supports a maximum of 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6146 can connect up to 768 GB of memory in 6 memory channels.

Intel Pentium 3550M Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6146
DDR3L-1333, DDR3L-1600 Memory DDR4-2666
32 GB Max. Memory 768 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
25.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 128.1 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
2.00 MB L3 Cache 25.00 MB
2.0 PCIe version 3.0
16 PCIe lanes 48
8.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Pentium 3550M has a TDP of 37 W, that of the Intel Xeon Gold 6146 is 165 W.

Intel Pentium 3550M Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6146
37 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 165 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Pentium 3550M has a 2.00 MB cache, while the Intel Xeon Gold 6146 cache has a total of 25.00 MB.

Intel Pentium 3550M Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6146
22 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
PGA 946 Socket LGA 3647
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2013 Release date Q3/2017
-- Release price 3250 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium 3550M (48%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6146 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium 3550M (8%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6146 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Pentium 3550M Intel Pentium 3550M
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
517 (48%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6146 Intel Xeon Gold 6146
12C 24T @ 4.20 GHz
1086 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Pentium 3550M Intel Pentium 3550M
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
1023 (9%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6146 Intel Xeon Gold 6146
12C 24T @ 3.60 GHz
11642 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Pentium 3550M Intel Pentium 3550M
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
1358 (6%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6146 Intel Xeon Gold 6146
12C 24T @ 3.60 GHz
23299 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Pentium 3550M Intel Pentium 3550M
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6146 Intel Xeon Gold 6146
12C 24T @ 4.20 GHz
1237 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Pentium 3550M Intel Pentium 3550M
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6146 Intel Xeon Gold 6146
12C 24T @ 3.60 GHz
9166 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Pentium 3550M Intel Pentium 3550M
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.10 GHz
176 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6146 Intel Xeon Gold 6146
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Pentium 3550M Intel Pentium 3550M
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6146 Intel Xeon Gold 6146
12C 24T @ 4.20 GHz
183 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Pentium 3550M Intel Pentium 3550M
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6146 Intel Xeon Gold 6146
12C 24T @ 3.60 GHz
2399 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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