Xeon Gold 6542Y vs E5-2699 v3

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2699 v3 and Xeon Gold 6542Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking598not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency8.40no data
Architecture codenameHaswell-EP (2014−2015)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date8 September 2014 (10 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,878

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2699 v3 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 cores18 (Octadeca-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads3648
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz4.1 GHz
Bus rate9.6 GT/sno data
L1 cache64K (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache45 MB (shared)60 MB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size356 mm22x 763 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)77 °C83 °C
Number of transistors2,600 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2699 v3 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 configuration22
SocketFCLGA2011FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)145 Watt250 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2699 v3 and Xeon Gold 6542Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX2Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2699 v3 and Xeon Gold 6542Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2699 v3 and Xeon Gold 6542Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2699 v3 and Xeon Gold 6542Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133DDR5-5200
Maximum memory size768 GB4 TB
Max memory channels48
Maximum memory bandwidth68 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2699 v3 and Xeon Gold 6542Y.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes4080

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 September 2014 14 December 2023
Physical cores 18 24
Threads 36 48
Power consumption (TDP) 145 Watt 250 Watt

Xeon E5-2699 v3 has 72.4% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6542Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, and 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads.

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