Intel Xeon Platinum 9242 vs Intel Xeon E5 4640 v3

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Intel Xeon Platinum 9242

Intel Xeon E5-4640 v3

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Platinum 9242 with 48 cores 2.3GHz and Intel Xeon E5 4640 v3 with 12 cores 1.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon Platinum 9242 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 10 months late

Higher base frequency (2.3GHz vs 1.9GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (71.5MB vs 30MB)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)

Intel Xeon E5 4640 v3 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (1866 vs 4)

Lower TDP (105W vs 350W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Xeon Platinum 9242 +43%

675

Intel Xeon E5 4640 v3

469

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Xeon Platinum 9242 +2301%

42796

Intel Xeon E5 4640 v3

1782

Intel Xeon Platinum 9242

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Intel Xeon E5 4640 v3

General Parameters

Apr 2019

Release Date

Jun 2015

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Cascade Lake-AP

Core Architecture

Haswell-EP

Intel BGA 5903

Socket

Intel Socket 2011-3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Platinum (Cascade Lake-AP)

Generation

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

Package

8 billions

Transistor Count

2.6 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

350 W

Power Consumption

105 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

78 °C

Intel

Foundry

Intel

-

Die Size

356 mm²

CPU Performance

2.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.9 GHz

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.6 GHz

48

Total Core Count

12

96

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

23.0

Multiplier

19.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

71.5 MB shared

L3 Cache

30 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

8

SMP

4

Memory Parameters

DDR4

Memory Types

DDR4-1866

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

40

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