i5-9400F vs Xeon Gold 6242

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6242 and Core i5-9400F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	382	1073
Place by popularity	not in top-100	38
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	12.31	10.11
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	Intel Core i5
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Coffee Lake-R (2018−2019)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	7 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,529	$182

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 6242 has 22% better value for money than i5-9400F.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6242 and Core i5-9400F 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)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	32	6
Base clock speed	2.8 GHz	2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.9 GHz	4.1 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	28	29
L1 cache	1 MB	385 KB
L2 cache	16 MB	1.5 MB
L3 cache	22 MB	9 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	no data	149 mm2
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	72 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6242 and Core i5-9400F 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	FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6242 and Core i5-9400F. 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	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	-
TSX	+	-
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Status	Launched	Discontinued
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6242 and Core i5-9400F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	-
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	no data	+
MPX	-	+
Identity Protection	-	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6242 and Core i5-9400F are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6242 and Core i5-9400F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size	1 TB	128 GB
Max memory channels	6	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	140.8 GB/s	42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6242 and Core i5-9400F.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	16

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.

Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	17.00	6.12
Recency	2 April 2019	7 January 2019
Physical cores	16	6
Threads	32	6
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	65 Watt

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