Intel Xeon Platinum 8260L vs Intel Xeon Gold 6242R

Let's find out which one of Intel Xeon Platinum 8260L and Intel Xeon Gold 6242R is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  Intel Xeon Platinum 8260L Intel Xeon Gold 6242R
• Family
  Intel Xeon Platinum Intel Xeon Gold
• CPU group
  Intel Xeon Platinum 8200/9200 Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Generation
  2 2

In this block we are going to compare Intel Xeon Platinum 8260L vs Intel Xeon Gold 6242R by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Overclocking
  No No
• Frequency
  2.40 GHz 3.10 GHz

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in Intel Xeon Platinum 8260L and Intel Xeon Gold 6242R along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  no iGPU no iGPU
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo

Let's compare the support of video codecs between Intel Xeon Platinum 8260L and Intel Xeon Gold 6242R. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• JPEG
  No No

To choose the best model between Intel Xeon Platinum 8260L and Intel Xeon Gold 6242R you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2933 DDR4-2933
• Max. Memory
  4608 GB 1024 GB
• Memory channels
  6 (Hexa Channel) 6
• ECC
  Yes Yes

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for Intel Xeon Platinum 8260L or Intel Xeon Gold 6242R? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  165 W 205 W
• Tjunction max.
  -- 76 °C

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for Intel Xeon Platinum 8260L and Intel Xeon Gold 6242R CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  LGA 3647 LGA 3647
• L3-Cache
  35.75 MB 35.75 MB
• Architecture
  Cascade Lake Cascade Lake
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
• Release date
  Q2/2019 Q1/2020