Xeon Gold 6444Y vs Gold 6242

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6242 and Xeon Gold 6444Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking400not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation9.65no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Power efficiency10.44no data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,529$1,517

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6242 and Xeon Gold 6444Y 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads3232
Base clock speed2.8 GHz3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier28no data
L1 cache1 MB80K (per core)
L2 cache16 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache22 MB45 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature85 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data75 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6242 and Xeon Gold 6444Y 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 configuration4 (Multiprocessor)2
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt270 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6242 and Xeon Gold 6444Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6242 and Xeon Gold 6444Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6242 and Xeon Gold 6444Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6242 and Xeon Gold 6444Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size1 TB4 TB
Max memory channels68
Maximum memory bandwidth140.8 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6242 and Xeon Gold 6444Y.

PCIe version3.05
PCI Express lanes4880

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2019 10 January 2023
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 270 Watt

Xeon Gold 6242 has 80% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6444Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 6242 and Xeon Gold 6444Y. We've got no test results to judge.


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