Intel Xeon Gold 6126 vs Intel Core 7 240H

Compare Intel Xeon Scalable 12 core CPU vs Intel Core (Series 2) 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8481 points
3% slightly better overall score
8164 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5942 points
10592 points
78% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9458 points
27% slightly better multitasking score
7427 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10072 points
38% slightly better heavy workload score
7270 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
20% slightly more cores
10

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
49% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.59 GHz
3% slightly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
5.2 GHz
40% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

48
71% significantly more pcie lanes
28

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

6
200% significantly more memory channels
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

768 GiB
700% significantly more supported memory
96 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

24 MiB
152% significantly more L2 cache
9.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

38.5 MiB
60% significantly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

125th of 1,089
141st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Xeon Scalable
Core (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 August
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5-5600

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Xeon Gold 6126 vs Core 7 240H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Xeon Gold 6126 beats the Core 7 240H in overall performance. Despite this, the Core 7 240H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon Gold 6126 has slightly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core 7 240H has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core 7 240H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon Gold 6126 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 7 240H. Despite this, the Core 7 240H has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Xeon Gold 6126 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core 7 240H. The Xeon Gold 6126 also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Xeon Gold 6126 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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