Xeon Gold 6142 vs W-2245

Primary Details

Comparing Xeon W-2245 and Xeon Gold 6142 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	547	371
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	27.79	26.18
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	Intel Xeon Gold
Architecture codename	no data	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)
Release date	1 October 2019 (4 years ago)	25 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$2,946
Current price	$491	$399 (0.1x MSRP)

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon W-2245 has 6% better value for money than Xeon Gold 6142.

Detailed Specifications

Xeon W-2245 and Xeon Gold 6142 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	8 (Octa-Core)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	16	32
Base clock speed	3.9 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.7 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus support	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache	no data	1 MB
L2 cache	no data	16 MB
L3 cache	16.5 MB	22 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	59 °C	85 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W-2245 and Xeon Gold 6142 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	1	4 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA2066	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	155 Watt	150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-2245 and Xeon Gold 6142. 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	no data	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	+	-
Status	Launched	Discontinued

Security technologies

Xeon W-2245 and Xeon Gold 6142 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	no data
SGX	-	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W-2245 and Xeon Gold 6142 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W-2245 and Xeon Gold 6142. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size	1 TB	768 GB
Max memory channels	4	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	93.85 GB/s	128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W-2245 and Xeon Gold 6142.

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 6142 outperforms W-2245 by 28% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & Cons Summary

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Performance score	12.59	16.12
Recency	1 October 2019	25 April 2017
Physical cores	8	16
Threads	16	32
Power consumption (TDP)	155 Watt	150 Watt

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