i7-10510U vs Xeon Platinum 9242

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 9242 and Core i7-10510U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1384
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon PlatinumIntel Comet Lake
Power efficiencyno data15.67
Architecture codenameCascade Lake-AP (2019)Comet Lake-U (2019−2020)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)21 August 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$409

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 9242 and Core i7-10510U 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 cores48 (Octatetraconta-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads968
Base clock speed2.3 GHz1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz4.9 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s4 GT/s
Multiplier23no data
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache71.5 MB (shared)8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors8,000 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 9242 and Core i7-10510U 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 configuration81
SocketIntel BGA5903FCBGA1528
Power consumption (TDP)350 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 9242 and Core i7-10510U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
My WiFino data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX+-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 9242 and Core i7-10510U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 9242 and Core i7-10510U are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 9242 and Core i7-10510U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size2 TiB64 GB
Max memory channels122
Maximum memory bandwidth281.6 GB/s45.8 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® UHD Graphics for 10th Gen Intel® Processors
Max video memoryno data32 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.15 GHz
Execution Unitsno data24

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon Platinum 9242 and Core i7-10510U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
DVIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon Platinum 9242 and Core i7-10510U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096 x 2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096 x 2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon Platinum 9242 and Core i7-10510U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 9242 and Core i7-10510U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2019 21 August 2019
Physical cores 48 4
Threads 96 8
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 15 Watt

Xeon Platinum 9242 has 1100% more physical cores and 1100% more threads.

i7-10510U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 months, and 2233.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Platinum 9242 and Core i7-10510U. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Platinum 9242 is a server/workstation processor while Core i7-10510U is a notebook one.


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