Xeon Gold 6230R vs Platinum 9242

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 9242 and Xeon Gold 6230R processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot rated225
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data22.60
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon PlatinumIntel Xeon Gold
Architecture codenameCascade Lake-AP (2019)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)24 February 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,900
Current priceno data$1384 (0.7x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 9242 and Xeon Gold 6230R 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)26 (Hexacosa-Core)
Threads9652
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz4 GHz
Bus support4 × 8 GT/s4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache64K (per core)1.625 MB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)26 MB
L3 cache71.5 MB (shared)35.75 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data85 °C
Number of transistors8,000 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 9242 and Xeon Gold 6230R 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 configuration2no data
SocketIntel BGA5903FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)350 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 9242 and Xeon Gold 6230R. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 9242 and Xeon Gold 6230R technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 9242 and Xeon Gold 6230R 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 Xeon Gold 6230R. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size2 TiB1 TB
Max memory channels126
Maximum memory bandwidth281.6 GB/s140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 9242 and Xeon Gold 6230R.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2019 24 February 2020
Physical cores 48 26
Threads 96 52
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 150 Watt

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