Xeon Gold 6542Y vs W-3345

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon W-3345 and Xeon Gold 6542Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking157not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency10.89no data
Architecture codenameIce Lake-W (2021)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date29 July 2021 (3 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,878

Detailed specifications

Xeon W-3345 and Xeon Gold 6542Y 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)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads4848
Base clock speed3 GHz2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz4.1 GHz
Bus rate8 GT/sno data
L1 cache64K (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache36 MB (shared)60 MB (shared)
Chip lithography10 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data2x 763 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)81 °C83 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W-3345 and Xeon Gold 6542Y 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 configuration22
SocketFCLGA4189FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt250 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-3345 and Xeon Gold 6542Y. 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++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Xeon W-3345 and Xeon Gold 6542Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGX-Yes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W-3345 and Xeon Gold 6542Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W-3345 and Xeon Gold 6542Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200DDR5-5200
Maximum memory size4 TB4 TB
Max memory channels88
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W-3345 and Xeon Gold 6542Y.

PCIe version45.0
PCI Express lanes6480

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 July 2021 14 December 2023

Xeon Gold 6542Y has an age advantage of 2 years.

We couldn't decide between Xeon W-3345 and Xeon Gold 6542Y. We've got no test results to judge.


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