Xeon Gold 6542Y vs E7-8850

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-8850 and Xeon Gold 6542Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E7	no data
Architecture codename	Westmere-EX (2011)	Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date	3 April 2011 (13 years ago)	14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,059	$2,878

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-8850 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	10 (Deca-Core)	24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads	20	48
Base clock speed	2 GHz	2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	4.1 GHz
Bus type	QPI	no data
Bus rate	6.4 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	15	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	30 MB (shared)	60 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	Intel 7 nm
Die size	513 mm2	2x 763 mm2
Maximum core temperature	69 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	83 °C
Number of transistors	2,600 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-8850 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	8 (Multiprocessor)	2
Socket	LGA1567	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	250 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-8850 and Xeon Gold 6542Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	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	1.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	-	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon E7-8850 and Xeon Gold 6542Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E7-8850 and Xeon Gold 6542Y are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E7-8850 and Xeon Gold 6542Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR5-5200
Maximum memory size	4 TB	4 TB
Max memory channels	4	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.113 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7-8850 and Xeon Gold 6542Y.

PCIe version	no data	5.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	80

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 April 2011	14 December 2023
Physical cores	10	24
Threads	20	48
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	250 Watt

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