Ryzen 5 3400G vs Xeon Platinum 9242

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 9242 and Ryzen 5 3400G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	1112
Place by popularity	not in top-100	92
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Xeon Platinum	AMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiency	no data	8.47
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake-AP (2019)	Picasso (2019−2022)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	12 June 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 9242 and Ryzen 5 3400G 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	96	8
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.8 GHz	4.2 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	PCIe 3.0
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	23	37
L1 cache	3 MB	384 KB
L2 cache	48 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	71.5 MB (shared)	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	12 nm
Die size	no data	210 mm2
Number of transistors	8,000 million	4940 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 9242 and Ryzen 5 3400G 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	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	350 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 9242 and Ryzen 5 3400G. 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 Ryzen 5 3400G 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 Ryzen 5 3400G are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 9242 and Ryzen 5 3400G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	2 TiB	64 GB
Max memory channels	12	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	281.6 GB/s	46.933 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 11

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 9242 and Ryzen 5 3400G.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	20

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 April 2019	12 June 2019
Physical cores	48	4
Threads	96	8
Chip lithography	14 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	350 Watt	65 Watt

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