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Intel Xeon Gold 6240 vs Intel Core i9-13900K. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q2/2019
Intel Xeon Gold 6240
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Q4/2022
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Intel Core i9-13900K
Intel Core i9-13900K

What's the best choice Intel Xeon Gold 6240 or Intel Core i9-13900K? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

Intel Xeon Gold 6240 has a base frequency of 2.60 GHz. 18 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 150 W. Released in Q2/2019.

Intel Core i9-13900K has a base frequency of 3.80 GHz. 24 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 125 W. Released in Q4/2022.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    7 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 46% better clock speed

    3.80 GHz left arrow 2.60 GHz
  • More number of cores

    6 more cores

    24 left arrow 18
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    125 W left arrow 150 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i9-13900K CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    2 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    11 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    7 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    10 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    9 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    15 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    446 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Xeon Gold 6240 Intel Xeon Gold 6240
Intel Core i9-13900K Intel Core i9-13900K
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 left arrow Intel Core i 13000
  • Family
    Intel Xeon Gold left arrow Intel Core i9
  • Generation
    2 left arrow 13
  • Predecessor
    - left arrow Intel Core i9-12900K
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Successor
    - left arrow No
CPU Technical specs

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

  • A-Core
    - left arrow 8x Raptor Cove / 3.80 GHz (5.70 GHz)
  • B-Core
    - left arrow 16x Gracemont / 3.00 GHz (4.20 GHz)
  • Base Frequency
    2.6 GHz left arrow 3.8 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow hybrid
  • CPU Cores
    18 left arrow 24
  • CPU Threads
    36 left arrow 32
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    3.9 GHz left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (18 Cores)
    3.2 GHz left arrow -
  • Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
    - left arrow No turbo
IGPU

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

  • DirectX Version
    - left arrow 12
  • Execution units
    - left arrow 32
  • Generation
    - left arrow 12
  • GPU Frequency
    - left arrow 400 MHz
  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow Intel Iris Xe Graphics 32
  • GPU Turbo
    No turbo left arrow 1450 MHz
  • Max. displays
    - left arrow 4
  • Max. GPU Memory
    - left arrow 16 GB
  • Release date
    - left arrow Q4/2022
  • Shader
    - left arrow 256
  • Technology
    - left arrow 10 nm
Hardware codec support

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

  • AV1
    No left arrow Decode
  • H.264 / AVC
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    No left arrow Decode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-13900K and Intel Xeon Gold 6240. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    - left arrow 128 GB
  • Memory channels
    6 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4-2933 left arrow DDR5-5600
  • PCIe lanes
    48 left arrow -
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow -
  • Memory Bandwidth
    - left arrow 89.6 GB/s
  • PCIe
    - left arrow 5.0 x 20
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon Gold 6240 and Intel Core i9-13900K 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
    - left arrow 100 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    150 W left arrow 125 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    - left arrow 241 W
  • TDP down
    - left arrow No
  • TDP up
    - left arrow No
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon Gold 6240 and Intel Core i9-13900K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Cascade Lake left arrow Raptor Lake S
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
  • L2-Cache
    - left arrow 32 MB
  • L3-Cache
    24.75 MB left arrow 36 MB
  • Release date
    Q2/2019 left arrow Q4/2022
  • Socket
    LGA 3647 left arrow LGA 1700
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 10 nm
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs
Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

Intel Xeon Gold 6240

Intel Core i9-13900K

More results: 7

Results with primary test sources

Published measurements are separate from the archived index. Incomplete conditions and unknown run counts do not support ranking positions or calculated performance differences.

Model TestResultReported conditions
Intel Core i9-13900K Cinebench R15 / multi-core 6191 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
Intel Core i9-13900K Cinebench R15 / single-core 327 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
Intel Core i9-13900K Cinebench R20 / multi-core 15181 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
Intel Core i9-13900K Cinebench R20 / single-core 828 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
Intel Core i9-13900K Cinebench R23 / multi-core 40103 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
Intel Core i9-13900K Cinebench R23 / single-core 2267 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.22.2 / 10M / 32 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
Intel Core i9-13900K 9028.644277 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.22.2 / 10M / 32 threads / windows
System RAM: 32 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: ASRock / B760M-H2/M.2
Duration: 1107.586 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

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