Xeon E5-2697A v4 vs Gold 6242

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6242 and Xeon E5-2697A v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	370	518
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	25.76	6.65
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	Intel Xeon E5
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Broadwell (2014−2019)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	20 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,529	$2,891

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 6242 has 287% better value for money than Xeon E5-2697A v4.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6242 and Xeon E5-2697A v4 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)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	32	32
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	2.6 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	QPI
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	2 × 9.6 GT/s
Multiplier	28	26
L1 cache	1 MB	no data
L2 cache	16 MB	4 MB
L3 cache	22 MB	40 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	no data	456.12 mm2
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	78 °C
Number of transistors	no data	7200 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6242 and Xeon E5-2697A v4 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)	2 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	Socket P	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	145 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6242 and Xeon E5-2697A v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
TSX	+	+

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6242 and Xeon E5-2697A v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

+

+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6242 and Xeon E5-2697A v4 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6242 and Xeon E5-2697A v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	no data
Maximum memory size	1 TiB	1,536 GB
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	140.8 GB/s	76.8 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6242 and Xeon E5-2697A v4.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	40

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	13.90
Recency	2 April 2019	20 June 2016
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	145 Watt

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