Intel Xeon X5460 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6242

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon X5460 and Intel Xeon Gold 6242 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Memory, Peripherals. Benchmark processor performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

Intel Xeon X5460

Intel Xeon Gold 6242

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon X5460

Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 150 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 150 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6242

CPU is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 4 month(s) later
12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
28 more threads: 32 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 45 nm
4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Launch date	2 April 2019 vs 12 Nov 2007
Number of cores	16 vs 4
Number of threads	32 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 45 nm
L1 cache	1 MB vs 256 KB
L2 cache	16 MB vs 12 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon X5460
CPU 2: Intel Xeon Gold 6242

Name	Intel Xeon X5460	Intel Xeon Gold 6242
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	0
PassMark - Single thread mark		2197
PassMark - CPU mark		37742

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon X5460	Intel Xeon Gold 6242
Essentials
Architecture codename	Harpertown	Cascade Lake
Launch date	12 Nov 2007	2 April 2019
Launch price (MSRP)	$1172	$2529
Place in performance rating	3358	687
Processor Number	X5460	6242
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		Xeon Gold
Series		6200
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.16 GHz	2.80 GHz
Bus Speed	1333 MHz
L1 cache	256 KB	1 MB
L2 cache	12 MB	16 MB
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	14 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	63 °C	85 °C
Number of cores	4	16
Number of threads	4	32
Transistor count	820 million
VID voltage range	0.85V - 1.35V
L3 cache		22 MB
Maximum frequency		3.90 GHz
Number of QPI Links		3
Unlocked
Compatibility
Sockets supported	LGA771	FCLGA3647
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	150 Watt
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Turbo Boost Max 3.0
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels		6
Maximum memory bandwidth		131.13 GB/s
Maximum memory size		1 TB
Supported memory frequency		2933 MHz
Supported memory types		DDR4-2933
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		48
PCI Express revision		3.0
PCIe configurations		1x16, x8, x4
Scalability		4S