Xeon Gold 6542Y vs Gold 6250

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6250 and Xeon Gold 6542Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking575not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency6.74no data
Architecture codenameno dataEmerald Rapids (2023)
Release date1 January 2020 (4 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,878

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6250 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads1648
Base clock speed3.9 GHz2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed4.5 GHz4.1 GHz
L1 cacheno data80 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data2 MB (per core)
L3 cache35.75 MB60 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data2x 763 mm2
Maximum core temperature60 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data83 °C
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6250 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 configurationno data2
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)185 Watt250 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6250 and Xeon Gold 6542Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX-+
vProno data+
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 6250 and Xeon Gold 6542Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6250 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 Gold 6250 and Xeon Gold 6542Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR5-5200
Maximum memory size1 TB4 TB
Max memory channels68
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 Gold 6250 and Xeon Gold 6542Y.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes4880

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2020 14 December 2023
Physical cores 8 24
Threads 16 48
Power consumption (TDP) 185 Watt 250 Watt

Xeon Gold 6250 has 35.1% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6542Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 6250 and Xeon Gold 6542Y. We've got no test results to judge.


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