Xeon Gold 6542Y vs Celeron J4005

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Primary details

Comparing Celeron J4005 and Xeon Gold 6542Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2509not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.99no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesIntel Celeronno data
Power efficiency9.09no data
Architecture codenameGoldmont Plus (2017)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date11 December 2017 (7 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$107$2,878

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Celeron J4005 and Xeon Gold 6542Y 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 cores2 (Dual-core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads248
Base clock speed2 GHz2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz4.1 GHz
Multiplier20no data
L1 cache112 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache4 MB (shared)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB60 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size93 mm22x 763 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data83 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron J4005 and Xeon Gold 6542Y 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)2
SocketFCBGA1090FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt250 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron J4005 and Xeon Gold 6542Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift-+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Celeron J4005 and Xeon Gold 6542Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
Identity Protection+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard++
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron J4005 and Xeon Gold 6542Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron J4005 and Xeon Gold 6542Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5-5200
Maximum memory size8 GB4 TB
Max memory channels28
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 600N/A
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency700 MHzno data
Execution Units12no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron J4005 and Xeon Gold 6542Y integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron J4005 and Xeon Gold 6542Y integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron J4005 and Xeon Gold 6542Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron J4005 and Xeon Gold 6542Y.

PCIe version2.05.0
PCI Express lanes680
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports8no data
Integrated LAN-no data
UART+no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 December 2017 14 December 2023
Physical cores 2 24
Threads 2 48
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 250 Watt

Celeron J4005 has 2400% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6542Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, and 1100% more physical cores and 2300% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Celeron J4005 and Xeon Gold 6542Y. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Celeron J4005 is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 6542Y is a server/workstation one.


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