Xeon Gold 6538Y vs Platinum 9242

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 9242 and Xeon Gold 6538Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Platinum	no data
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake-AP (2019)	no data
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 9242 and Xeon Gold 6538Y 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	48 (Octatetraconta-Core)	32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads	96	64
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.8 GHz	4 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	23	no data
L1 cache	3 MB	no data
L2 cache	48 MB	no data
L3 cache	71.5 MB (shared)	60 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	Intel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature	no data	79 °C
Number of transistors	8,000 million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 9242 and Xeon Gold 6538Y 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	8	no data
Socket	Intel BGA5903	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	350 Watt	225 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 9242 and Xeon Gold 6538Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX-512	Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 9242 and Xeon Gold 6538Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	no data	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 9242 and Xeon Gold 6538Y are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 9242 and Xeon Gold 6538Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR5-5200
Maximum memory size	2 TiB	4 TB
Max memory channels	12	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	281.6 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 9242 and Xeon Gold 6538Y.

PCIe version	no data	5.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	80

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 April 2019	1 October 2023
Physical cores	48	32
Threads	96	64
Power consumption (TDP)	350 Watt	225 Watt

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