Intel Xeon Gold 6126 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 235T

Compare Intel Xeon Scalable 12 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 14 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

8574 points
8919 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6056 points
12454 points
105% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9545 points
22% slightly better multitasking score
7821 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10158 points
34% slightly better heavy workload score
7571 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
14
16% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
71% significantly more threads
14

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.59 GHz
17% slightly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

48
100% significantly more pcie lanes
24

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
200% significantly more supported memory
256 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

24 MiB
26 MiB
8% slightly more L2 cache

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

132nd of 1,120
118th of 1,120

Family

The product line

Xeon Scalable
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 August
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5-6400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
Yes

Xeon Gold 6126 vs Core Ultra 5 235T comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 5 235T is faster than the Xeon Gold 6126. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon Gold 6126 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 5 235T has slightly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Xeon Gold 6126 has 12 cores. Despite this, the Xeon Gold 6126 has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 235T. Our comparison shows that the Xeon Gold 6126 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 235T. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 235T has more L2 cache than the Xeon Gold 6126. Despite this, the Xeon Gold 6126 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 235T.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Xeon Gold 6126 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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