Xeon Gold 6542Y vs D-1746TER

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon D-1746TER and Xeon Gold 6542Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Architecture codenameIce Lake-D (2022−2023)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date24 February 2022 (2 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,069$2,878

Detailed specifications

Xeon D-1746TER 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 cores10 (Deca-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads2048
Base clock speed2 GHz2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3.1 GHz4.1 GHz
L1 cache80 KB (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1.25 MB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache15 MB (shared)60 MB (shared)
Chip lithography10 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data2x 763 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data83 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon D-1746TER 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
SocketFCBGA2227FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)67 Watt250 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon D-1746TER and Xeon Gold 6542Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX-512Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
QuickAssist-no data
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Thermal Monitoring+-
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Xeon D-1746TER and Xeon Gold 6542Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXYes with Intel® SPSYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon D-1746TER and Xeon Gold 6542Y are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon D-1746TER and Xeon Gold 6542Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5-5200
Maximum memory size384 GB4 TB
Max memory channels38
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/AN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon D-1746TER and Xeon Gold 6542Y.

PCIe version4.05.0
PCI Express lanes1680
USB revision3.0no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports24no data
Number of USB ports4no data
Integrated LAN+no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 February 2022 14 December 2023
Physical cores 10 24
Threads 20 48
Power consumption (TDP) 67 Watt 250 Watt

Xeon D-1746TER has 273.1% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6542Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 140% more physical cores and 140% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Xeon D-1746TER and Xeon Gold 6542Y. We've got no test results to judge.


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