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Intel Xeon Gold 6256 @ 3.60GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Xeon Gold 6256 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.
  • The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Intel Xeon Gold 6256 @ 3.60GHz

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: FCLGA3647

Clockspeed: 3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.5 GHz

Cores: 12 Threads: 24

Typical TDP: 205 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 12 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 12 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 12 x 1024 KB
L3 Cache: 33 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6256 CPU @ 3.60GHz, Intel Xeon Gold 6256 CPU @ 3.60GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2020

CPUmark/$Price: 6.50

Overall Rank:
761st fastest in multithreading out of 6042 CPUs
1262nd fastest in single threading out of 6042 CPUs
415th fastest in out of 1265 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: $3,900.00 USD (2025-08-25)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
25334
Single Thread Rating
2558

Samples: 2*
*Margin for error: High

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Xeon Gold 6256 @ 3.60GHz

Integer Math85,650 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math54,049 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers118 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting46,738 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption9,068 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression365,958 KBytes/Sec
Physics2,083 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions28,960 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread2,558 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 8th of October 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Xeon Gold 6256 @ 3.60GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 2nd of October 2026


Not Enough Data from Current Version of PerformanceTest to Create Distribution Graph.

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 2nd of October 2026.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Server CPUs
As of 8th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
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 Gold 6256 @ 3.60GHz
 25,334
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 @ 2.60GHz
 19,164
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 17,101
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 14,247
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)
 11,739
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz
 11,274
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 8th 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
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 57.59
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz
 26.22
Intel Xeon Gold 6256 @ 3.60GHz
 6.50
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 8th 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 Gold 6256 @ 3.60GHz
 2,558
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz
 2,358
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 Intel Xeon Gold 6256 @ 3.60GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL3480758 - May 20 2026 [Excluded]
7963
BL5106186 - Nov 04 2025 [Excluded]
4929
BL2999810 - Oct 23 2025
27381
BL2400439 - Feb 08 2025
23287
BL1454734 - Oct 07 2021 [Excluded]
7318
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon Gold 6256 @ 3.60GHz
As of 8th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon Gold 6256 @ 3.60GHz
 25,334
Intel Xeon Gold 6246 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Xeon Gold 6256
 22,571 (-10.9%)
Intel Xeon W-3235 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Xeon Gold 6256
 25,623 (+1.1%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Xeon Gold 6256
 31,287 (+23.5%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6212U @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon Gold 6256
 30,840 (+21.7%)
AMD EPYC 7272 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6256
 25,771 (+1.7%)
AMD EPYC 7282 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6256
 30,359 (+19.8%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6142M @ 2.60GHz vs Intel Xeon Gold 6256
 26,552 (+4.8%)
Intel Xeon W-2265 @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Xeon Gold 6256
 25,717 (+1.5%)
Intel Xeon W-2255 @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Xeon Gold 6256
 22,611 (-10.7%)
AMD EPYC 7262 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6256
 20,492 (-19.1%)
Intel Xeon W-3245 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Xeon Gold 6256
 31,138 (+22.9%)
Intel Xeon W-3265 @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Xeon Gold 6256
 30,105 (+18.8%)