Intel Xeon Gold 6246R vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6246R and Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

Intel Xeon Gold 6246R

Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6246R

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 14
4 more threads: 32 vs 28
Around 28% higher clock speed: 4.10 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2402 vs 1925
Around 78% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 48396 vs 27169

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	16 vs 14
Number of threads	32 vs 28
Maximum frequency	4.10 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2402 vs 1925
PassMark - CPU mark	48396 vs 27169

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4

Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 79°C vs 75°C
Around 95% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 205 Watt

Maximum core temperature	79°C vs 75°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 205 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6246R
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2402

1925

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

48396

27169

Name	Intel Xeon Gold 6246R	Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark	2402	1925
PassMark - CPU mark	48396	27169
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		3364
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		25358

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Gold 6246R	Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4
Essentials
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake	Broadwell
Launch date	24 Feb 2020	Q1'16
Launch price (MSRP)	$3286
Place in performance rating	377	202
Processor Number	6246R	E5-2660V4
Series	2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Status	Launched	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
Base frequency	3.40 GHz	2.00 GHz
L1 cache	1 MB
L2 cache	16 MB
L3 cache	35.75 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	75°C	79°C
Maximum frequency	4.10 GHz	3.20 GHz
Number of cores	16	14
Number of threads	32	28
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
64 bit support
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
Memory
Max memory channels	6	4
Maximum memory size	1 TB
Supported memory frequency	2933 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400
Maximum memory bandwidth		76.8 GB/s
Compatibility
Package Size	76.0mm x 56.5mm	45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	205 Watt	105 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Scalability	2S	2S
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions	Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512	Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units	2
Speed Shift technology
Idle States
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		46-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)