Intel Xeon Gold 6226R @ 2.90GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Xeon Gold 6226R can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
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Intel Xeon Gold 6226R @ 2.90GHz

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: FCLGA3647

Clockspeed: 2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.9 GHz

Cores: 16 Threads: 32

Typical TDP: 150 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 16 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 16 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 16 x 1024 KB
L3 Cache: 22 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6226R CPU @ 2.90GHz, Intel Xeon Gold 6226R CPU @ 2.90GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2020

CPUmark/$Price: 26.56

Overall Rank:
631st fastest in multithreading out of 5791 CPUs
1468th fastest in single threading out of 5791 CPUs
370th fastest in out of 1229 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: $992.26 USD (2026-01-16)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

26355

Single Thread Rating

2261

Samples: 23*
*Margin for error: Low

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Xeon Gold 6226R @ 2.90GHz

Integer Math	104,060 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	64,257 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	98 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	56,197 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	10,544 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	444,747 KBytes/Sec
Physics	1,474 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	30,337 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	2,261 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 18th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Xeon Gold 6226R @ 2.90GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 14th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of February 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Server CPUs
As of 18th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		39,928
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		39,780
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745		34,826
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		34,788
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645		27,565
Intel Xeon Gold 6226R @ 2.90GHz		26,355
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		17,230
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		14,252
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)		11,656
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz		11,328
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		10,378

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 18th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		81.29
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		73.68
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645		61.71
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745		57.60
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		39.93
Intel Xeon Gold 6226R @ 2.90GHz		26.56
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz		26.35
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		7.28
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		NA
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 18th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745		4,117
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645		3,954
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		2,680
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz		2,369
Intel Xeon Gold 6226R @ 2.90GHz		2,261
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		2,122
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		1,931
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		1,780
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)		1,715
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		1,329
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		1,328

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Xeon Gold 6226R @ 2.90GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3274425 - Feb 09 2026 [Excluded]		3399
BL3122524 - Dec 10 2025 [Excluded]		8632
BL3120207 - Dec 09 2025		28045
BL3106729 - Dec 04 2025 [Excluded]		2926
BL3101960 - Dec 02 2025 [Excluded]		7966

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon Gold 6226R @ 2.90GHz
As of 18th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon Gold 6226R @ 2.90GHz		26,355
AMD EPYC 7302P vs Intel Xeon Gold 6226R		32,752 (+24.3%)
AMD EPYC 7272 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6226R		25,161 (-4.5%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6246R @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Xeon Gold 6226R		30,468 (+15.6%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6208U @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Xeon Gold 6226R		24,480 (-7.1%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX vs Intel Xeon Gold 6226R		31,037 (+17.8%)
AMD EPYC 7351P vs Intel Xeon Gold 6226R		25,264 (-4.1%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5218 @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Xeon Gold 6226R		21,685 (-17.7%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4216 @ 2.10GHz vs Intel Xeon Gold 6226R		21,074 (-20.0%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX vs Intel Xeon Gold 6226R		39,928 (+51.5%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6254 @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Xeon Gold 6226R		32,413 (+23.0%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4314 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon Gold 6226R		28,922 (+9.7%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5317 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Xeon Gold 6226R		27,489 (+4.3%)

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