Xeon Platinum 9242 vs Core 2 Duo SU7300

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo SU7300 and Xeon Platinum 9242 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	3060	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Core 2 Duo	Intel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency	3.31	no data
Architecture codename	Penryn (2008−2011)	Cascade Lake-AP (2019)
Release date	1 September 2009 (15 years ago)	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo SU7300 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	48 (Octatetraconta-Core)
Threads	2	96
Base clock speed	1.3 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.3 GHz	3.8 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	800 MHz	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	23
L1 cache	no data	64K (per core)
L2 cache	3 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	3 MB Intel® Smart Cache	71.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Die size	107 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	410 Million	8,000 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo SU7300 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 configuration	no data	8
Socket	BGA956	Intel BGA5903
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	350 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo SU7300 and Xeon Platinum 9242. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1	Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	-	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	-	no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo SU7300 and Xeon Platinum 9242 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo SU7300 and Xeon Platinum 9242 are enumerated here.

VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo SU7300 and Xeon Platinum 9242. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

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

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 September 2009	2 April 2019
Physical cores	2	48
Threads	2	96
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	350 Watt

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