Ultra 7 165H vs Xeon Gold 6240Y

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6240Y and Core Ultra 7 165H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated402
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon GoldIntel Meteor Lake-H
Power efficiencyno data55.73
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Meteor Lake-H (2023)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,726$460

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6240Y and Core Ultra 7 165H 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)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads3622
Base clock speed2.6 GHz3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz5 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier26no data
L1 cache1.125 MB112 KB (per core)
L2 cache18 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache24.75 MB24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm7 nm
Maximum core temperature74 °C110 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6240Y and Core Ultra 7 165H 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 configuration4 (Multiprocessor)1
SocketFCLGA3647Intel BGA 2049
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6240Y and Core Ultra 7 165H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6240Y and Core Ultra 7 165H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6240Y and Core Ultra 7 165H are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6240Y and Core Ultra 7 165H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR5
Maximum memory size1 TBno data
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth140.8 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel Arc 8-Cores iGPU ( - 2300 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6240Y and Core Ultra 7 165H.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes488

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2019 14 December 2023
Physical cores 18 16
Threads 36 22
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 28 Watt

Xeon Gold 6240Y has 12.5% more physical cores and 63.6% more threads.

Ultra 7 165H, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 435.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 6240Y and Core Ultra 7 165H. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 6240Y is a server/workstation processor while Core Ultra 7 165H is a notebook one.


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