[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon Gold 6240 @ 2.60GHz

Benchmarks for the [Dual CPU] Intel Xeon Gold 6240 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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[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon Gold 6240 @ 2.60GHz

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: FCLGA3647

Clockspeed: 2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.9 GHz

Cores: 18^# Threads: 36^#

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: 25 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6240 CPU @ 2.60GHz, Intel Xeon Gold 6240 CPU @ 2.60GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2019

CPUmark/$Price: 58.32

Overall Rank:
285th fastest in multithreading out of all multi-CPU CPUs

Last Price Change: $798.00 USD Total for 2 CPUs (2026-09-16)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

46536

Single Thread Rating

2246

Samples: 53*
*Margin for error: Low

^#The number of cores/threads and TDP is per CPU. To determine the total, multiply by the total CPU count.

CPU Test Suite Average Results for [Dual CPU] Intel Xeon Gold 6240 @ 2.60GHz

Integer Math	215,921 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	125,854 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	211 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	104,729 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	23,415 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	902,339 KBytes/Sec
Physics	3,050 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	63,723 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	2,246 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of October 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for [Dual CPU] Intel Xeon Gold 6240 @ 2.60GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 9th of October 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of October 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 10th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon Gold 6240 @ 2.60GHz		46,536
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		39,780
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745		34,818
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		34,745
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8845HS		28,602
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645		27,564
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 @ 2.60GHz		19,165
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		17,100
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		14,247
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)		11,739
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz		11,275

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 10th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		80.68
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		73.65
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645		61.71
[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon Gold 6240 @ 2.60GHz		58.32
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745		57.59
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz		26.22
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		NA
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)		NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8845HS		NA
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 @ 2.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 10th of October 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 7 PRO 8845HS		3,764
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz		2,358
[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon Gold 6240 @ 2.60GHz		2,246
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 @ 2.60GHz		2,067
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		1,929
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		1,782
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)		1,720
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		1,329
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		1,326

Last 5 Baselines for [Dual CPU] Intel Xeon Gold 6240 @ 2.60GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL5124235 - Aug 14 2026		44033
BL5123958 - Aug 08 2026		40603
BL5123579 - Jul 31 2026		20254
BL3604528 - Jul 23 2026		39623
BL3603765 - Jul 23 2026		46414

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon Gold 6240 @ 2.60GHz
As of 10th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon Gold 6240 @ 2.60GHz		46,536
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX vs Intel Xeon Gold 6240		39,788 (-14.5%)
AMD EPYC 7F72 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6240		52,143 (+12.0%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX vs Intel Xeon Gold 6240		48,852 (+5.0%)
AMD EPYC 7542 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6240		45,020 (-3.3%)
AMD EPYC 7343 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6240		43,778 (-5.9%)
AMD EPYC 7313P vs Intel Xeon Gold 6240		40,489 (-13.0%)
AMD EPYC 7313 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6240		39,725 (-14.6%)
AMD EPYC 4584PX vs Intel Xeon Gold 6240		58,117 (+24.9%)
AMD EPYC 4545P vs Intel Xeon Gold 6240		53,504 (+15.0%)
AMD EPYC 9124 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6240		42,982 (-7.6%)
AMD EPYC 7352 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6240		39,906 (-14.2%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6242R @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Xeon Gold 6240		35,076 (-24.6%)

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