Xeon Gold 6442Y vs E5-2690

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5-2690
2012
8 cores / 16 threads, 135 Watt
6.13
Xeon Gold 6442Y
2023
24 cores / 48 threads, 225 Watt
36.50
+495%

Xeon Gold 6442Y outperforms Xeon E5-2690 by a whopping 495% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2690 and Xeon Gold 6442Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking109297
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.9251.89
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency4.3015.35
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge-EP (2012)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date6 March 2012 (12 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$397$2,065

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 6442Y has 1224% better value for money than Xeon E5-2690.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2690 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 speed2.9 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz4 GHz
Bus rate8 GT/sno data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache20480 KB (shared)60 MB
Chip lithography32 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size435 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature72 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data79 °C
Number of transistors2,270 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2690 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 configuration22
SocketFCLGA2011FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)135 Watt225 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2690 and Xeon Gold 6442Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2690 and Xeon Gold 6442Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2690 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 E5-2690 and Xeon Gold 6442Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size384 GB4 TB
Max memory channels48
Maximum memory bandwidth51.2 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/Ano data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2690 and Xeon Gold 6442Y.

PCIe version3.05
PCI Express lanes4080

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.

Xeon E5-2690 6.13
Xeon Gold 6442Y 36.50
+495%

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.

Xeon E5-2690 9744
Xeon Gold 6442Y 57986
+495%

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.

Xeon E5-2690 585
Xeon Gold 6442Y 1996
+241%

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.

Xeon E5-2690 3459
Xeon Gold 6442Y 17199
+397%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.13 36.50
Recency 6 March 2012 10 January 2023
Physical cores 8 24
Threads 16 48
Power consumption (TDP) 135 Watt 225 Watt

Xeon E5-2690 has 66.7% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6442Y, on the other hand, has a 495.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, and 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

The Xeon Gold 6442Y is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E5-2690 in performance tests.


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