Xeon Gold 6442Y vs E5-2650 v3
Primary details
Comparing Xeon E5-2650 v3 and Xeon Gold 6442Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 896 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.36 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Architecture codename | Haswell-EP (2014) | Sapphire Rapids |
| Release date | 8 September 2014 (9 years ago) | 10 January 2023 (1 year ago) |
| Current price | $34 | $3970 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon E5-2650 v3 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 cores | 10 (Deca-Core) | 24 (Tetracosa-Core) |
| Threads | 20 | 48 |
| Base clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 2.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3 GHz | 4 GHz |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 80K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | 2 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 25 MB (shared) | 60 MB |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | Intel 7 nm |
| Die size | 356 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 79 °C | 79 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 79 °C |
| Number of transistors | 2,600 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E5-2650 v3 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 configuration | 2 | 2 |
| Socket | FCLGA2011 | FCLGA4677 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 105 Watt | 225 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2650 v3 and Xeon Gold 6442Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AVX2 | 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 | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | no data |
| Flex Memory Access | - | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | + | no data |
| PAE | 46 Bit | no data |
| Status | Discontinued | Launched |
Security technologies
Xeon E5-2650 v3 and Xeon Gold 6442Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| Secure Key | + | no data |
| Identity Protection | - | no data |
| SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® SPS |
| OS Guard | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2650 v3 and Xeon Gold 6442Y are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2650 v3 and Xeon Gold 6442Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133 | DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400 |
| Maximum memory size | 768 GB | 4 TB |
| Max memory channels | 4 | 8 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 68 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2650 v3 and Xeon Gold 6442Y.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 5 |
| PCI Express lanes | 40 | 80 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 42%
Gold 6442Y outperforms E5-2650 v3 by 124% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 42%
Gold 6442Y outperforms E5-2650 v3 by 218% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 8 September 2014 | 10 January 2023 |
| Physical cores | 10 | 24 |
| Threads | 20 | 48 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 105 Watt | 225 Watt |
We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2650 v3 and Xeon Gold 6442Y. We've got no test results to judge.
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