Xeon Gold 6246R vs Gold 6252N

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6252N and Xeon Gold 6246R processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated307
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data11.05
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon GoldIntel Xeon Gold
Power efficiencyno data8.85
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)24 February 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$4,259$3,286

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6252N and Xeon Gold 6246R 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 cores24 (Tetracosa-Core)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads4832
Base clock speed2.3 GHz3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz4.1 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0DMI 3.0
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier2334
L1 cache1.5 MB1 MB
L2 cache24 MB16 MB
L3 cache35.75 MB35.75 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature74 °C75 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6252N and Xeon Gold 6246R 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 configuration4 (Multiprocessor)no data
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6252N and Xeon Gold 6246R. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0--
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6252N and Xeon Gold 6246R technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6252N and Xeon Gold 6246R are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6252N and Xeon Gold 6246R. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size1 TB1 TB
Max memory channels66
Maximum memory bandwidth140.8 GB/s140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6252N and Xeon Gold 6246R.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2019 24 February 2020
Physical cores 24 16
Threads 48 32
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 205 Watt

Xeon Gold 6252N has 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads, and 36.7% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6246R, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 months.

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