Xeon Platinum 8470 vs Platinum 9242

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 9242 and Xeon Platinum 8470 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated22
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data5.92
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Platinumno data
Power efficiencyno data15.29
Architecture codenameCascade Lake-AP (2019)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$9,359

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 9242 and Xeon Platinum 8470 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 cores48 (Octatetraconta-Core)52
Threads96104
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz3.8 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier23no data
L1 cache64K (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache71.5 MB (shared)105 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data4x 477 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data79 °C
Number of transistors8,000 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 9242 and Xeon Platinum 8470 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 configuration82
SocketIntel BGA5903FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)350 Watt350 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 9242 and Xeon Platinum 8470. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX-512Intel® AMX, Intel® 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++
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 9242 and Xeon Platinum 8470 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 9242 and Xeon Platinum 8470 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 9242 and Xeon Platinum 8470. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size2 TiB4 TB
Max memory channels128
Maximum memory bandwidth281.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 9242 and Xeon Platinum 8470.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2019 10 January 2023
Physical cores 48 52
Threads 96 104

Xeon Platinum 8470 has an age advantage of 3 years, and 8.3% more physical cores and 8.3% more threads.

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