Pentium 917 vs Xeon Gold 6242

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6242 and Pentium 917 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	392	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	9.81	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	Intel Pentium
Power efficiency	10.44	no data
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,529	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6242 and Pentium 917 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	no data
Boost clock speed	3.9 GHz	1.8 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	DMI 2.0
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplier	28	no data
L1 cache	1 MB	128 KB
L2 cache	16 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	22 MB	2 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Die size	no data	131 mm2
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	504 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6242 and Pentium 917 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	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6242 and Pentium 917. 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	+	-
FMA	-	+
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
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 Pentium 917 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 Pentium 917 are enumerated here.

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 Pentium 917. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR3-1333
Maximum memory size	1 TB	16 GB
Max memory channels	6	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	140.8 GB/s	21.335 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6242 and Pentium 917.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	48	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	16	2
Threads	32	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	17 Watt

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