Xeon Gold 6246R vs Gold 6242R

General info

Comparing Xeon Gold 6242R and Xeon Gold 6246R processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	197	257
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	16.43	9.43
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	Intel Xeon Gold
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	24 February 2020 (4 years ago)	24 February 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,529	$3,286
Current price	$1993 (0.8x MSRP)	$2856 (0.9x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 6242R has 74% better value for money than Xeon Gold 6246R.

Technical specs

Xeon Gold 6242R and Xeon Gold 6246R 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)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	40	32
Base clock speed	3.1 GHz	3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.1 GHz	4.1 GHz
Bus support	4 × 8 GT/s	4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache	1.25 MB	1 MB
L2 cache	20 MB	16 MB
L3 cache	35.75 MB	35.75 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	76 °C	75 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6242R and Xeon Gold 6246R 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.

Socket	FCLGA3647	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	205 Watt	205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6242R and Xeon Gold 6246R. 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® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	-
Status	Launched	Launched

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6242R and Xeon Gold 6246R technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6242R and Xeon Gold 6246R are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6242R and Xeon Gold 6246R. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

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

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6242R and Xeon Gold 6246R.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	48

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.

Gold 6242R outperforms Gold 6246R by 15% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	22.61	19.70
Physical cores	20	16
Threads	40	32
Cost	$2529	$3286

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