Xeon Platinum 9242 vs W-2295

Primary details

Comparing Xeon W-2295 and Xeon Platinum 9242 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking293not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency11.10no data
Architecture codenameno dataCascade Lake-AP (2019)
Release date1 October 2019 (5 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon W-2295 and Xeon Platinum 9242 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 cores18 (Octadeca-Core)48 (Octatetraconta-Core)
Threads3696
Base clock speed3 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed4.8 GHz3.8 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rate8 GT/s4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data23
L1 cacheno data3 MB
L2 cacheno data48 MB
L3 cache24.75 MB71.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature61 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data8,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W-2295 and Xeon Platinum 9242 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 configuration18
SocketFCLGA2066Intel BGA5903
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt350 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-2295 and Xeon Platinum 9242. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0+no data
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon W-2295 and Xeon Platinum 9242 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W-2295 and Xeon Platinum 9242 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W-2295 and Xeon Platinum 9242. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size1 TB2 TiB
Max memory channels412
Maximum memory bandwidth93.85 GB/s281.6 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W-2295 and Xeon Platinum 9242.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes48no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2019 2 April 2019
Physical cores 18 48
Threads 36 96
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 350 Watt

Xeon W-2295 has an age advantage of 5 months, and 112.1% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 9242, on the other hand, has 166.7% more physical cores and 166.7% more threads.

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