Intel Xeon E5 2609 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6346

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Intel Xeon E5-2609

Intel Xeon Gold 6346

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2609 with 4 cores 2.4GHz and Intel Xeon Gold 6346 with 16 cores 3.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 2609 's Advantages

Lower TDP (80W vs 205W)

Intel Xeon Gold 6346 's Advantages

Released 9 years and 1 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (3.1GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (36MB vs 10MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 32nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2609

408

Intel Xeon Gold 6346 +218%

1298

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2609

2102

Intel Xeon Gold 6346 +247%

7306

Intel Xeon E5 2609

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Intel Xeon Gold 6346

General Parameters

Mar 2012

Release Date

Apr 2021

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Sandy Bridge-EP

Core Architecture

Ice Lake-SP

Intel Socket 2011

Socket

Intel Socket 4189

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EP)

Generation

Xeon Gold (Ice Lake-SP)

Package

1.27 billions

Transistor Count

-

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

80 W

Power Consumption

205 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

78 °C

Intel

Foundry

Intel

294 mm²

Die Size

-

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.1 GHz

0

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

4

Total Core Count

16

4

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

24.0

Multiplier

31.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

10 MB shared

L3 Cache

36 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

4

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

4

-

PCIe Lanes

64

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