Xeon Gold 6542Y vs Pentium A1020

Primary details

Comparing Pentium A1020 and Xeon Gold 6542Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2615	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Power efficiency	7.48	no data
Architecture codename	no data	Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date	1 January 2016 (8 years ago)	14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$2,878

Detailed specifications

Pentium A1020 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads	4	48
Base clock speed	2.41 GHz	2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.7 GHz	4.1 GHz
L1 cache	no data	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	no data	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB L2 Cache	60 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	no data	2x 763 mm2
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	83 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium A1020 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 configuration	1	2
Socket	FCBGA1170	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	250 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium A1020 and Xeon Gold 6542Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Pentium A1020 and Xeon Gold 6542Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	+	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard	no data	+
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium A1020 and Xeon Gold 6542Y are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium A1020 and Xeon Gold 6542Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3L-1333	DDR5-5200
Maximum memory size	8 GB	4 TB
Max memory channels	2	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.3 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series	N/A
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Graphics max frequency	896 MHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium A1020 and Xeon Gold 6542Y integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

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Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium A1020 and Xeon Gold 6542Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

11.2

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium A1020 and Xeon Gold 6542Y.

PCIe version	2.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	4	80
USB revision	3.0 and 2.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	5	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 January 2016	14 December 2023
Physical cores	4	24
Threads	4	48
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	250 Watt

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