A8-5550M vs Xeon Gold 6242

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6242 and A8-5550M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	391	2348
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	9.94	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	AMD A-Series
Power efficiency	10.44	3.18
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Richland (2013−2014)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	1 June 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,529	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6242 and A8-5550M 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	16 (Hexadeca-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	32	4
Base clock speed	2.8 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.9 GHz	3.1 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	28	no data
L1 cache	1 MB	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	16 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	22 MB	0 KB
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Die size	no data	246 mm2
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	71 °C
Number of transistors	no data	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6242 and A8-5550M 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	FS1r2
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6242 and A8-5550M. 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	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	+
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 6242 and A8-5550M 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 6242 and A8-5550M 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 6242 and A8-5550M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR3
Maximum memory size	1 TB	no data
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	140.8 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon HD 8550G

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6242 and A8-5550M.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	48	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	17.18	1.22
Recency	2 April 2019	1 June 2013
Physical cores	16	4
Threads	32	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	35 Watt

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