Ultra 5 245KF vs Xeon Gold 6542Y

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6542Y and Core Ultra 5 245KF processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated176
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data82.57
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Power efficiencyno data20.94
Architecture codenameEmerald Rapids (2023)Arrow Lake-S (2024−2025)
Release date14 December 2023 (1 year ago)24 October 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,878$294

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6542Y and Core Ultra 5 245KF 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 cores24 (Tetracosa-Core)14 (Tetradeca-Core)
Performance-coresno data6
Efficient-coresno data8
Threads4814
Base clock speed2.9 GHz4.2 GHz
Boost clock speed4.1 GHz5.2 GHz
L1 cache80 KB (per core)112 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB (per core)3 MB (per core)
L3 cache60 MB (shared)24 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nm3 nm
Die size2x 763 mm2243 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)83 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data17,800 million
64 bit support++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6542Y and Core Ultra 5 245KF 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 configuration21
SocketFCLGA4677FCLGA1851
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6542Y and Core Ultra 5 245KF. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX++
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Deep Learning Boost++
Supported AI Software Frameworks-OpenVINO™, WindowsML, DirectML, ONNX RT, WebNN

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6542Y and Core Ultra 5 245KF technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
SGXYes with Intel® SPSno data
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6542Y and Core Ultra 5 245KF are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6542Y and Core Ultra 5 245KF. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-5200DDR5-6400
Maximum memory size4 TB192 GB
Max memory channels82
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/AN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6542Y and Core Ultra 5 245KF.

PCIe version5.05.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanes8020

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 December 2023 24 October 2024
Physical cores 24 14
Threads 48 14
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 125 Watt

Xeon Gold 6542Y has 71.4% more physical cores and 242.9% more threads.

Ultra 5 245KF, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 months, and 100% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 6542Y and Core Ultra 5 245KF. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 6542Y is a server/workstation processor while Core Ultra 5 245KF is a desktop one.


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