Intel Xeon Gold 6146 Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-05-10

The Intel Xeon Gold 6146 has 12 cores with 24 threads and is based on the 1. gen of the Intel Xeon Gold series. The processor uses a mainboard with the LGA 3647 socket and was released in Q3/2017. The Intel Xeon Gold 6146 scores 1,086 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 11,642 points.

CPU lineage
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Name:	Intel Xeon Gold 6146
Family:	Intel Xeon Gold (163)
CPU group:	Intel Xeon Gold 5100/6100 (34)
Architecture:	Skylake
Segment:	Desktop / Server
Generation:	1
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Gold 6146 has 12 CPU cores and can calculate 24 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Gold 6146 is 3.20 GHz (4.20 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads:	12 / 24
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	12x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	3.20 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	4.20 GHz
Turbo Frequency (12 Cores):	3.60 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The Intel Xeon Gold 6146 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Xeon Gold 6146 uses the no iGPU, which has -- texture shaders and -- execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name:	no iGPU
GPU frequency:
GPU (Turbo):	No turbo
Compute units:	--
Shader:	--
Hardware Raytracing:	No
Release date:

Max. displays:
Generation:	--
Direct X:	--
Technology:
Max. GPU Memory:	--
Frame Generation:	No

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.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	No
h264:	No
VP8:	No
VP9:	No

AV1:	No
AVC:	No
VC-1:	No
JPEG:	No

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 768 GB memory in 6 (Hexa Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 128.1 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

DDR4-2666	128.1 GB/s
Max. Memory:	768 GB
Memory channels:	6 (Hexa Channel)
ECC:	Yes
PCIe:	3.0 x 48
PCIe Bandwidth:	47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 165 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	165 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	--

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Gold 6146 is made in 14 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 25.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:	14 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	LGA 3647
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	25.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Linux

Virtualization:	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
Release date:	Q3/2017
Release price:	3250 $
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Xeon Gold 6146
12C 24T @ 3.20 GHz (4.20 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Xeon Gold 6146 have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

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 Xeon E5-1660 v3 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	1088
	Intel Xeon Gold 5220 18C 36T @ 3.90 GHz	1087
	Intel Xeon Gold 6212U 24C 48T @ 3.90 GHz	1087
	Intel Xeon Gold 6146 12C 24T @ 4.20 GHz	1086
	Intel Core i5-8500B 6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz	1086
	Intel Core i7-6900K 8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz	1086
	AMD EPYC 7282 16C 32T @ 3.20 GHz	1086

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 Core i7-12700 12C 20T @ 4.00 GHz	11650
	Intel Core i9-11900K 8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz	11645
	Intel Core i9-11900KF 8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz	11645
	Intel Xeon Gold 6146 12C 24T @ 3.60 GHz	11642
	Intel Xeon Gold 6132 14C 28T @ 2.90 GHz	11642
	Intel Core i7-13700T 16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz	11611
	AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	11600

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 Xeon E3-1270 v3 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	1238
	Intel Xeon Gold 6126T 12C 24T @ 3.70 GHz	1238
	Intel Xeon Platinum 8170 26C 52T @ 3.70 GHz	1238
	Intel Xeon Gold 6146 12C 24T @ 4.20 GHz	1237
	Intel Processor N97 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	1237
	Intel Xeon E3-1226 v3 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	1237
	Intel Core i7-6950X 10C 20T @ 3.50 GHz	1237

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.


	AMD Ryzen 5 7640U 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	9197
	AMD Ryzen 5 8640U 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	9197
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640U 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	9197
	Intel Xeon Gold 6146 12C 24T @ 3.60 GHz	9166
	Intel Xeon W-1290 10C 20T @ 4.00 GHz	9158
	Intel Xeon E-2386G 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	9152
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	9130

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.


	AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz	23322
	AMD EPYC 7F32 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	23314
	AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS 8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz	23310
	Intel Xeon Gold 6146 12C 24T @ 3.60 GHz	23299
	Intel Xeon Platinum 8176 28C 56T @ 2.50 GHz	23189
	Intel Core i9-11900KB 8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz	23151
	AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz	23144

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 Core i7-7800X 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	184
	Intel Core i9-7960X 16C 32T @ 4.20 GHz	184
	Intel Core i9-7980XE 18C 36T @ 4.20 GHz	184
	Intel Xeon Gold 6146 12C 24T @ 4.20 GHz	183
	Intel Core i5-8600K 6C 6T @ 4.30 GHz	183
	AMD Ryzen 3 4300G 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	182
	AMD Ryzen 3 4300GE 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	182

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.


	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz	2477
	Intel Core i9-7920X 12C 24T @ 3.70 GHz	2438
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X 12C 24T @ 3.60 GHz	2433
	Intel Xeon Gold 6146 12C 24T @ 3.60 GHz	2399
	Intel Xeon E5-2695 v4 18C 36T @ 2.50 GHz	2384
	Intel Xeon E5-2697A v4 16C 32T @ 2.80 GHz	2381
	Intel Core i9-10900X 10C 20T @ 4.50 GHz	2358

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,488 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,461 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,755 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,703 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,392 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,106 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,101 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
942 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
938 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
825 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
836 entries

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