Ryzen 5 4600G vs Xeon Gold 6240Y

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6240Y and Ryzen 5 4600G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	764
Place by popularity	not in top-100	26
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	AMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiency	no data	14.73
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Renoir (2020−2023)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	21 July 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,726	no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6240Y and Ryzen 5 4600G 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	18 (Octadeca-Core)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	36	12
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.9 GHz	4.2 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	26	37
L1 cache	1.125 MB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	18 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	24.75 MB	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Die size	no data	156 mm2
Maximum core temperature	74 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	95 °C
Number of transistors	no data	9800 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6240Y and Ryzen 5 4600G 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	4 (Multiprocessor)	1
Socket	FCLGA3647	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6240Y and Ryzen 5 4600G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6240Y and Ryzen 5 4600G technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6240Y and Ryzen 5 4600G are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6240Y and Ryzen 5 4600G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	1 TB	128 GB
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	140.8 GB/s	51.196 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon Vega 7

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6240Y and Ryzen 5 4600G.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 April 2019	21 July 2020
Physical cores	18	6
Threads	36	12
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	65 Watt

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