Intel Xeon Gold 6256 vs Intel Xeon W-3265M. Specifications

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 Intel Xeon W-2200/3200
• Family
  Intel Xeon Gold Intel Xeon W
• Generation
  2 7
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.6 GHz 2.7 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  12 24
• CPU Threads
  24 48
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.5 GHz 4.6 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (12 Cores)
  4.2 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (24 Cores)
  - 3.6 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  no iGPU no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon W-3265M and Intel Xeon Gold 6256. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  1024 GB 2048 GB
• Memory channels
  6 6
• Memory type
  DDR4-2933 DDR4-2933
• PCIe lanes
  48 64
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon Gold 6256 and Intel Xeon W-3265M Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  76 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  205 W 205 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon Gold 6256 and Intel Xeon W-3265M, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cascade Lake Cascade Lake W
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
• L3-Cache
  33.00 MB 33.00 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2020 Q2/2019
• Socket
  LGA 3647 LGA 3647
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d