Xeon Gold 6442Y vs Ryzen 7 8700G

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 8700G
2024
8 cores / 16 threads, 65 Watt
20.00
Xeon Gold 6442Y
2023
24 cores / 48 threads, 225 Watt
36.50
+82.5%

Xeon Gold 6442Y outperforms Ryzen 7 8700G by an impressive 83% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 8700G and Xeon Gold 6442Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28497
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation47.2451.89
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency29.1015.34
Architecture codenamePhoenix (2023−2024)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$329$2,065

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 6442Y has 10% better value for money than Ryzen 7 8700G.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 8700G and Xeon Gold 6442Y 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads1648
Base clock speed4.2 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed5.1 GHz4 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)60 MB
Chip lithography4 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size178 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature95 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data79 °C
Number of transistors25,000 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 8700G and Xeon Gold 6442Y 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
SocketAM5FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt225 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 8700G and Xeon Gold 6442Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI1, BMI2, SHA, F16C, FMA3, NX-Bit, AMD64, EVP, AMD-V, SMAP, SMEP, SMT, Precision Boost 2, XDNA2Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Precision Boost 2+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 7 8700G and Xeon Gold 6442Y 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 Ryzen 7 8700G and Xeon Gold 6442Y 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 Ryzen 7 8700G and Xeon Gold 6442Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
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 780Mno data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 8700G and Xeon Gold 6442Y.

PCIe version4.05
PCI Express lanes2080

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 7 8700G 20.00
Xeon Gold 6442Y 36.50
+82.5%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Ryzen 7 8700G 31772
Xeon Gold 6442Y 57986
+82.5%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Ryzen 7 8700G 2666
+33.6%
Xeon Gold 6442Y 1996

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Ryzen 7 8700G 13764
Xeon Gold 6442Y 17199
+25%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 20.00 36.50
Recency 8 January 2024 10 January 2023
Physical cores 8 24
Threads 16 48
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 225 Watt

Ryzen 7 8700G has an age advantage of 11 months, and 246.2% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6442Y, on the other hand, has a 82.5% higher aggregate performance score, and 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

The Xeon Gold 6442Y is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 7 8700G in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 7 8700G is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 6442Y is a server/workstation one.


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