Pentium D 820 vs Xeon Gold 6242

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6242 and Pentium D 820 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	393	3085
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	9.79	no data
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	Pentium D
Power efficiency	10.44	0.31
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Smithfield (2005)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	May 2005 (19 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,529	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6242 and Pentium D 820 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	16 (Hexadeca-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	32	2
Base clock speed	2.8 GHz	2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.9 GHz	2.8 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	800 MHz
Multiplier	28	no data
L1 cache	1 MB	28 KB
L2 cache	16 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	22 MB	0 KB
Chip lithography	14 nm	90 nm
Die size	no data	206 mm2
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	64 °C
Number of transistors	no data	169 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
VID voltage range	no data	1.2V-1.4V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6242 and Pentium D 820 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	4 (Multiprocessor)	2
Socket	FCLGA3647	PLGA775
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6242 and Pentium D 820. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	no data
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	-
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	-
TSX	+	-
Idle States	no data	+
Demand Based Switching	no data	-
PAE	no data	32 Bit
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
FSB parity	no data	-
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6242 and Pentium D 820 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6242 and Pentium D 820 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6242 and Pentium D 820. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Maximum memory size	1 TB	no data
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	140.8 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6242 and Pentium D 820.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	48	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	16.55	0.31
Physical cores	16	2
Threads	32	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	95 Watt

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