Intel Xeon E-2456: specs and benchmarks

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Xeon E-2456
2023
6 cores / 12 threads, 80 Watt
14.96

Xeon E-2456 provides good benchmark performance at 14.96% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

Intel started Xeon E-2456 sales 14 December 2023 at a recommended price of $375. This is a Raptor Lake-S architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 6 cores and 12 threads, and is based on Intel 7 manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 5100 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA1700 processor with a TDP of 80 Watt. It supports DDR5-4800 memory.

Primary details

Xeon E-2456 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking475
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation93.22
Market segmentServer
Power efficiency17.70of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme)
Architecture codenameRaptor Lake-S (2023−2024)
Release date14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$375of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads12
Base clock speed3.3 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed5.1 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
Bus rate16 GT/s
L1 cache80 KB (per core)of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache1.25 MB (per core)of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache18 MB (shared)of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size163 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cof 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950)
64 bit support+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E-2456 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 configuration1of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketFCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)80 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon E-2456. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI+
AVX+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Turbo Boost Technology2
Hyper-Threading Technology+
Idle States+
Thermal Monitoring+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+
EDB+
Secure Key+
OS Guard+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d+
VT-x+
EPT+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon E-2456's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-4800
Maximum memory size128 GBof 6 TiB (EPYC 9124)
Max memory channels2of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
ECC memory support+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Xeon E-2456.

Integrated graphics cardN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version5
PCI Express lanes16of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon E-2456. Overall benchmark performance 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 E-2456 14.96

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.

Xeon E-2456 23770

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Xeon E-2456's performance relative to its closest rivals among server CPUs.


Xeon W-2170B 101.27
Xeon W-1390 100.6
Xeon E-2456 100
Xeon E-2388G 99.13
Xeon W-2175 98.33
Xeon W-1370P 98.06

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Xeon E-2456 is Xeon Platinum 8176, which is slower by 2% and lower by 16 positions in our ranking.

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