Xeon Gold 6242 vs Ryzen 7 8700G

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 8700G
2024
8 cores / 16 threads, 65 Watt
20.78
+21%

Ryzen 7 8700G outperforms Xeon Gold 6242 by a significant 21% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 8700G and Xeon Gold 6242 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking278391
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation44.989.94
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency29.1510.44
Architecture codenamePhoenix (2023−2024)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$329$2,529

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Ryzen 7 8700G has 353% better value for money than Xeon Gold 6242.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 8700G and Xeon Gold 6242 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads1632
Base clock speed4.2 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed5.1 GHz3.9 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data28
L1 cache64 KB (per core)1 MB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)16 MB
L3 cache16 MB (shared)22 MB
Chip lithography4 nm14 nm
Die size178 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data85 °C
Number of transistors25,000 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 8700G and Xeon Gold 6242 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 configuration14 (Multiprocessor)
SocketAM5FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 8700G and Xeon Gold 6242. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Precision Boost 2+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 7 8700G and Xeon Gold 6242 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 8700G and Xeon Gold 6242 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 8700G and Xeon Gold 6242. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR4-2933
Maximum memory sizeno data1 TB
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidthno data140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon 780Mno data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 8700G and Xeon Gold 6242.

PCIe version4.03.0
PCI Express lanes2048

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


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.

Ryzen 7 8700G 20.78
+21%
Xeon Gold 6242 17.18

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Ryzen 7 8700G 31794
+20.9%
Xeon Gold 6242 26288

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Ryzen 7 8700G 2684
+103%
Xeon Gold 6242 1325

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Ryzen 7 8700G 13908
+34.1%
Xeon Gold 6242 10371

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 20.78 17.18
Recency 8 January 2024 2 April 2019
Physical cores 8 16
Threads 16 32
Chip lithography 4 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 150 Watt

Ryzen 7 8700G has a 21% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 130.8% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6242, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

The Ryzen 7 8700G is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Gold 6242 in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 7 8700G is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 6242 is a server/workstation one.


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