Xeon Gold 6542Y vs C-60

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Primary details

Comparing C-60 and Xeon Gold 6542Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3219not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesAMD C-Seriesno data
Power efficiency2.10no data
Architecture codenameOntario (2011−2012)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date22 August 2011 (13 years ago)14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,878

Detailed specifications

C-60 and Xeon Gold 6542Y basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads248
Base clock speed1 GHz2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed1.33 GHz4.1 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB60 MB (shared)
Chip lithography40 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size75 mm22x 763 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data83 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on C-60 and Xeon Gold 6542Y compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration12
SocketFT1 BGA 413-BallFCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)9 Watt250 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by C-60 and Xeon Gold 6542Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A), AMD-V, Radeon HD 6290 (276-400 MHz)Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

C-60 and Xeon Gold 6542Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by C-60 and Xeon Gold 6542Y are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by C-60 and Xeon Gold 6542Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3 Single-channelDDR5-5200
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 6290N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by C-60 and Xeon Gold 6542Y.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 August 2011 14 December 2023
Physical cores 2 24
Threads 2 48
Power consumption (TDP) 9 Watt 250 Watt

C-60 has 2677.8% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6542Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 12 years, and 1100% more physical cores and 2300% more threads.

We couldn't decide between C-60 and Xeon Gold 6542Y. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that C-60 is a notebook processor while Xeon Gold 6542Y is a server/workstation one.


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