Duron 550 vs Xeon Platinum 9242
Primary details
Comparing Xeon Platinum 9242 and Duron 550 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Desktop processor |
| Series | Intel Xeon Platinum | AMD Duron |
| Architecture codename | Cascade Lake-AP (2019) | K7 (2000−2004) |
| Release date | 2 April 2019 (5 years ago) | 5 June 2000 (24 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Xeon Platinum 9242 and Duron 550 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 | 48 (Octatetraconta-Core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 96 | 1 |
| Base clock speed | 2.3 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 3.8 GHz | 0.55 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 3.0 | FSB |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | 200 MT/s |
| Multiplier | 23 | 5.5 |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | no data |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | 64 KB |
| L3 cache | 71.5 MB (shared) | no data |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 180 nm |
| Die size | no data | 100 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 8,000 million | 25 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Platinum 9242 and Duron 550 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 | 8 | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | Intel BGA5903 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 350 Watt | 25.4 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 9242 and Duron 550. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AVX-512 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| vPro | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| TSX | + | - |
Security technologies
Xeon Platinum 9242 and Duron 550 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 9242 and Duron 550 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 9242 and Duron 550. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2933 | no data |
| Maximum memory size | 2 TiB | 4 GB |
| Max memory channels | 12 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 281.6 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 2 April 2019 | 5 June 2000 |
| Physical cores | 48 | 1 |
| Threads | 96 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 180 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 350 Watt | 25 Watt |
Xeon Platinum 9242 has an age advantage of 18 years, 4700% more physical cores and 9500% more threads, and a 1185.7% more advanced lithography process.
Duron 550, on the other hand, has 1300% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Xeon Platinum 9242 and Duron 550. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Xeon Platinum 9242 is a server/workstation processor while Duron 550 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Platinum 9242 and Duron 550, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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