Xeon Gold 6250 vs W-3223

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon W-3223
2019
8 cores / 16 threads, 160 Watt
10.74
Xeon Gold 6250
2020
8 cores / 16 threads, 185 Watt
13.22
+23.1%

Xeon Gold 6250 outperforms Xeon W-3223 by a significant 23% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon W-3223 and Xeon Gold 6250 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking725566
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation18.69no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Wno data
Power efficiency6.336.73
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)no data
Release date3 June 2019 (5 years ago)1 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$749no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon W-3223 and Xeon Gold 6250 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1616
Base clock speed3.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz4.5 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier35no data
L1 cache512 KBno data
L2 cache8 MBno data
L3 cache16.5 MB35.75 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature68 °C60 °C
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W-3223 and Xeon Gold 6250 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)160 Watt185 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-3223 and Xeon Gold 6250. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX+-
vPro+no data
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 W-3223 and Xeon Gold 6250 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W-3223 and Xeon Gold 6250 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W-3223 and Xeon Gold 6250. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size1 TB1 TB
Max memory channels66
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W-3223 and Xeon Gold 6250.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes6448

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score 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 W-3223 10.74
Xeon Gold 6250 13.22
+23.1%

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 W-3223 17003
Xeon Gold 6250 20915
+23%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.74 13.22
Recency 3 June 2019 1 January 2020
Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt 185 Watt

Xeon W-3223 has 15.6% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6250, on the other hand, has a 23.1% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 6 months.

The Xeon Gold 6250 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon W-3223 in performance tests.


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