Xeon Gold 6326: specs and benchmarks

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Xeon Gold 6326
2021
16 cores / 32 threads, 185 Watt
22.20

Xeon Gold 6326 provides good benchmark performance at 22.20% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

Intel started Xeon Gold 6326 sales 6 April 2021. This is an Ice Lake-SP architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 16 cores and 32 threads, and is based on 10 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3500 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA4189 processor with a TDP of 185 Watt and a maximum temperature of 78 °C. It supports DDR4-3200 memory.

Primary details

Xeon Gold 6326 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking238
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentServer
Power efficiency11.36of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme)
Architecture codenameIce Lake-SP (2021)
Release date6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads32
Base clock speed2.9 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed3.5 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache64K (per core)of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache24 MB (shared)of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography10 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Maximum case temperature (TCase)78 °Cof 105 °C (Core i7-5950HQ)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6326 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 configuration2of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketFCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)185 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6326. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI+
AVX+
vPro+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Speed Shift+
Turbo Boost Technology2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology+
TSX+
Deep Learning Boost+

Security technologies

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

TXT+
EDB+
SGXYes with Intel® SPS

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 Gold 6326's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200
Maximum memory size6 TBof 6 TiB (EPYC 9124)
Max memory channels8of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
ECC memory support+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version4.0of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes64of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon Gold 6326. 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 Gold 6326 22.20

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 Gold 6326 35270

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Xeon Gold 6326's performance relative to its closest rivals among server CPUs.


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AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Xeon Gold 6326 is Xeon Platinum 8268, which is slower by 2% and lower by 7 positions in our ranking.

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