EPYC 4344P vs Xeon Gold 6242R

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6242R and EPYC 4344P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	206	201
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	18.52	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	no data
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Raphael
Release date	24 February 2020 (4 years ago)	21 May 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,529	no data
Current price	$1781 (0.7x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6242R and EPYC 4344P 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	20 (Icosa-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	40	16
Base clock speed	3.1 GHz	3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.1 GHz	5.3 GHz
Bus support	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	1.25 MB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	20 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	35.75 MB	32 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	5 nm
Die size	no data	71 mm2
Maximum core temperature	76 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	61 °C
Number of transistors	no data	6,570 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6242R and EPYC 4344P 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	no data	1
Socket	FCLGA3647	AM5
Power consumption (TDP)	205 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6242R and EPYC 4344P. 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)	+	no data
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Status	Launched	no data

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6242R and EPYC 4344P 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 6242R and EPYC 4344P are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
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 6242R and EPYC 4344P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR5
Maximum memory size	1 TB	no data
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	140.8 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon Graphics

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6242R and EPYC 4344P.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	48	28

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.

EPYC 4344P outperforms Xeon Gold 6242R by 2% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	22.60	22.97
Recency	24 February 2020	21 May 2024
Physical cores	20	8
Threads	40	16
Chip lithography	14 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	205 Watt	65 Watt

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