Intel Xeon Gold 6246 Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Xeon Gold 6246 has 12 cores with 24 threads and is based on the 2. gen of the Intel Xeon Gold series. The processor uses a mainboard with the LGA 3647 socket and was released in Q2/2019. The Intel Xeon Gold 6246 scores 1,177 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 11,485 points.
Intel Xeon Gold 6246

CPU lineage

The segment in which we have classified the Intel Xeon Gold 6246. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the Intel Xeon Gold 6246.

Name: Intel Xeon Gold 6246
Family: Intel Xeon Gold (148)
CPU group: Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 (55)
Architecture: Cascade Lake
Segment: Desktop / Server
Generation: 2
Predecessor: --
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Gold 6246 has 12 CPU cores and can calculate 24 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Gold 6246 is 3.30 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: 3.30 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 4.20 GHz
Turbo Frequency (12 Cores): 3.70 GHz

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to 1024 GB memory in 6 (Hexa Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 140.7 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR4-2933
140.7 GB/s
Max. Memory: 1024 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 6246 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 24.75 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: 24.75 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: Q2/2019
Release price: 3286 $
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Xeon Gold 6246 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.
AMD Ryzen 3 5400U AMD Ryzen 3 5400U
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
1180
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
1180
Intel Core i9-10920X Intel Core i9-10920X
12C 24T @ 4.80 GHz
1179
Intel Xeon Gold 6246 Intel Xeon Gold 6246
12C 24T @ 4.20 GHz
1177
Intel Core i7-10700TE Intel Core i7-10700TE
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
1177
Intel Core i3-7350K Intel Core i3-7350K
2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz
1176
Intel Core i3-1115GRE Intel Core i3-1115GRE
2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
1175

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 Xeon W-2255 Intel Xeon W-2255
10C 20T @ 4.40 GHz
11508
Intel Core i9-7920X Intel Core i9-7920X
12C 24T @ 3.70 GHz
11498
Intel Xeon W-2170B Intel Xeon W-2170B
14C 28T @ 3.60 GHz
11488
Intel Xeon Gold 6246 Intel Xeon Gold 6246
12C 24T @ 3.70 GHz
11485
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
11465
Intel Xeon Gold 6226 Intel Xeon Gold 6226
12C 24T @ 3.50 GHz
11452
AMD Ryzen 9 3900 AMD Ryzen 9 3900
12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz
11432

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 9 6980HS AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
24554
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5750G AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5750G
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
24540
Intel Core i7-12650H Intel Core i7-12650H
10C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
24470
Intel Xeon Gold 6246 Intel Xeon Gold 6246
12C 24T @ 3.70 GHz
24453
Intel Core i7-11700KF Intel Core i7-11700KF
8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
24332
Intel Core i7-11700K Intel Core i7-11700K
8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
24332
AMD Ryzen 7 5700 AMD Ryzen 7 5700
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
24324

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