Ryzen 5 4600G vs Xeon Gold 6240Y

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6240Y and Ryzen 5 4600G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated764
Place by popularitynot in top-10026
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Xeon GoldAMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiencyno data14.72
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Renoir (2020−2023)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)21 July 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,726no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6240Y and Ryzen 5 4600G 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads3612
Base clock speed2.6 GHz3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz4.2 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier2637
L1 cache1.125 MB64K (per core)
L2 cache18 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache24.75 MB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm7 nm
Die sizeno data156 mm2
Maximum core temperature74 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data95 °C
Number of transistorsno data9800 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6240Y and Ryzen 5 4600G 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
SocketFCLGA3647AM4
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6240Y and Ryzen 5 4600G. 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+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
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 Ryzen 5 4600G technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6240Y and Ryzen 5 4600G are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6240Y and Ryzen 5 4600G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size1 TB128 GB
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth140.8 GB/s51.196 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon Vega 7

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6240Y and Ryzen 5 4600G.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes48no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2019 21 July 2020
Physical cores 18 6
Threads 36 12
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 65 Watt

Xeon Gold 6240Y has 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

Ryzen 5 4600G, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 130.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 6240Y and Ryzen 5 4600G. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 6240Y is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 4600G is a desktop one.


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