Xeon Platinum 8352V vs Gold 6242R

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6242R and Xeon Platinum 8352V processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking244not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation17.42no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Power efficiency9.96no data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date24 February 2020 (4 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,529no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6242R and Xeon Platinum 8352V 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 cores20 (Icosa-Core)36
Threads4072
Base clock speed3.1 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.1 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier31no data
L1 cache1.25 MB64K (per core)
L2 cache20 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache35.75 MB54 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature76 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data78 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6242R and Xeon Platinum 8352V 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 configurationno data2
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)205 Watt195 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6242R and Xeon Platinum 8352V. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6242R and Xeon Platinum 8352V technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6242R and Xeon Platinum 8352V are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6242R and Xeon Platinum 8352V. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size1 TB6 TB
Max memory channels68
Maximum memory bandwidth140.8 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6242R and Xeon Platinum 8352V.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes4864

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 February 2020 6 April 2021
Physical cores 20 36
Threads 40 72
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 205 Watt 195 Watt

Xeon Platinum 8352V has an age advantage of 1 year, 80% more physical cores and 80% more threads, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 5.1% lower power consumption.

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