Xeon Platinum 9242 vs i5-13500

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Primary details

Comparing Core i5-13500 and Xeon Platinum 9242 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking283not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation64.31no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency29.13no data
Architecture codenameRaptor Lake-S (2023−2024)Cascade Lake-AP (2019)
Release date4 January 2023 (1 year ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$242no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core i5-13500 and Xeon Platinum 9242 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 cores14 (Tetradeca-Core)48 (Octatetraconta-Core)
Threads2096
Base clock speed2.5 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed4.8 GHz3.8 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rate154 MHz4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data23
L1 cache80K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache1.25 MB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache24 MB (shared)71.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography10 nm14 nm
Die size257 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data8,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-13500 and Xeon Platinum 9242 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 configuration18
Socket1700Intel BGA5903
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt350 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-13500 and Xeon Platinum 9242. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX++

Security technologies

Core i5-13500 and Xeon Platinum 9242 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-13500 and Xeon Platinum 9242 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-13500 and Xeon Platinum 9242. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4, DDR5 Dual-channelDDR4-2933
Maximum memory sizeno data2 TiB
Max memory channelsno data12
Maximum memory bandwidthno data281.6 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 770no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-13500 and Xeon Platinum 9242.

PCIe version5.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 January 2023 2 April 2019
Physical cores 14 48
Threads 20 96
Chip lithography 10 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 350 Watt

i5-13500 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 438.5% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 9242, on the other hand, has 242.9% more physical cores and 380% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Core i5-13500 and Xeon Platinum 9242. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core i5-13500 is a desktop processor while Xeon Platinum 9242 is a server/workstation one.


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