Xeon Platinum 9282 vs Platinum 9242

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 9242 and Xeon Platinum 9282 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon PlatinumIntel Xeon Platinum
Architecture codenameCascade Lake-AP (2019)Cascade Lake-AP (2019)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 9242 and Xeon Platinum 9282 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)56 (Hexapentaconta-Core)
Threads96112
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz3.8 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0DMI 3.0
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier2326
L1 cache3 MB3.5 MB
L2 cache48 MB56 MB
L3 cache71.5 MB (shared)77 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Number of transistors8,000 million8,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 9242 and Xeon Platinum 9282 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 configuration88
SocketIntel BGA5903Intel BGA5903
Power consumption (TDP)350 Watt400 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 9242 and Xeon Platinum 9282. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX-512Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
PowerNow-+
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
SIPP-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 9242 and Xeon Platinum 9282 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 9242 and Xeon Platinum 9282 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d++
VT-x++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 9242 and Xeon Platinum 9282. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size2 TiB2 TiB
Max memory channels1212
Maximum memory bandwidth281.6 GB/s281.6 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 48 56
Threads 96 112
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 400 Watt

Xeon Platinum 9242 has 14.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 9282, on the other hand, has 16.7% more physical cores and 16.7% more threads.

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