Synchronization for data multicast in compute core clusters is described. An example of an apparatus includes one or more processors including at least a graphics processing unit (GPU), the GPU including one or more clusters of cores and a memory, wherein each cluster of cores includes a plurality of cores, each core including one or more processing resources, shared local memory, and gateway circuitry, wherein the GPU is to initiate broadcast of a data element from a producer core to one or more consumer cores, and synchronize the broadcast of the data element utilizing the gateway circuitry of the producer core and the one or more consumer cores, and wherein synchronizing the broadcast of the data element includes establishing a multi-core barrier for broadcast of the data element.