i7-14700F vs Xeon Gold 6542Y

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6542Y and Core i7-14700F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated182
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data65.53
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Power efficiencyno data39.41
Architecture codenameEmerald Rapids (2023)Raptor Lake-R (2023−2024)
Release date14 December 2023 (1 year ago)8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,878$359

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6542Y and Core i7-14700F 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 cores24 (Tetracosa-Core)20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads4828
Base clock speed2.9 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.1 GHz5.4 GHz
L1 cache80 KB (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache60 MB (shared)33 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size2x 763 mm2257 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)83 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6542Y and Core i7-14700F 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 configuration21
SocketFCLGA4677FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6542Y and Core i7-14700F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6542Y and Core i7-14700F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
SGXYes with Intel® SPSno data
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6542Y and Core i7-14700F are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6542Y and Core i7-14700F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-5200DDR5-5600, DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size4 TB192 GB
Max memory channels82
Maximum memory bandwidthno data89.6 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/AN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6542Y and Core i7-14700F.

PCIe version5.05.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanes8016

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 24 20
Threads 48 28
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 65 Watt

Xeon Gold 6542Y has 20% more physical cores and 71.4% more threads.

i7-14700F, on the other hand, has 284.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 6542Y and Core i7-14700F. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 6542Y is a server/workstation processor while Core i7-14700F is a desktop one.


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