Celeron N3000 vs Xeon Gold 6242
Primary details
Comparing Xeon Gold 6242 and Celeron N3000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 384 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 10.14 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Xeon Gold | Intel Celeron |
| Power efficiency | 10.44 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) | Braswell (2015−2016) |
| Release date | 2 April 2019 (5 years ago) | 1 April 2015 (9 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $2,529 | $107 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon Gold 6242 and Celeron N3000 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) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 32 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 2.8 GHz | 1.04 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.9 GHz | 2.08 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 3.0 | IDI |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 28 | no data |
| L1 cache | 1 MB | no data |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 22 MB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 85 °C | 90 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Gold 6242 and Celeron N3000 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 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | FCLGA3647 | FCBGA1170 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 4 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6242 and Celeron N3000. 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) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | - |
| TSX | + | - |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Smart Response | no data | - |
| GPIO | no data | + |
| Smart Connect | no data | - |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - | no data |
| Status | Launched | Discontinued |
| HD Audio | no data | + |
| RST | no data | - |
| Deep Learning Boost | + | - |
Security technologies
Xeon Gold 6242 and Celeron N3000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | - |
| EDB | + | + |
| Secure Boot | no data | + |
| Secure Key | no data | + |
| Identity Protection | - | + |
| OS Guard | no data | - |
| Anti-Theft | no data | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6242 and Celeron N3000 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | - |
| VT-x | + | + |
| VT-i | no data | - |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6242 and Celeron N3000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2933 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 1 TB | 8 GB |
| Max memory channels | 6 | 2 |
| 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 | Intel® HD Graphics for Intel® Celeron® Processor N3000 Series |
| Max video memory | no data | 8 GB |
| Quick Sync Video | - | + |
| Clear Video | no data | + |
| Clear Video HD | no data | + |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 600 MHz |
| Execution Units | no data | 12 |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Xeon Gold 6242 and Celeron N3000 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 3 |
| eDP | no data | + |
| DisplayPort | - | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Xeon Gold 6242 and Celeron N3000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | no data | + |
| OpenGL | no data | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6242 and Celeron N3000.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | 4 |
| USB revision | no data | 2.0/3.0 |
| Total number of SATA ports | no data | 2 |
| Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports | no data | 2 |
| Number of USB ports | no data | 5 |
| Integrated LAN | no data | - |
| UART | 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.
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.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 2 April 2019 | 1 April 2015 |
| Physical cores | 16 | 2 |
| Threads | 32 | 2 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 4 Watt |
Xeon Gold 6242 has an age advantage of 4 years, and 700% more physical cores and 1500% more threads.
Celeron N3000, on the other hand, has 3650% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 6242 and Celeron N3000. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Xeon Gold 6242 is a server/workstation processor while Celeron N3000 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Gold 6242 and Celeron N3000, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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