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Intel Xeon Gold 6242 @ 2.80GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Xeon Gold 6242 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
  • The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Intel Xeon Gold 6242 @ 2.80GHz

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: FCLGA3647

Clockspeed: 2.8 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.9 GHz

Cores: 16 Threads: 32

Typical TDP: 150 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 16 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 16 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 16 x 1024 KB
L3 Cache: 22 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6242 CPU @ 2.80GHz, Intel Xeon Gold 6242 CPU @ 2.80GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2019

CPUmark/$Price: 39.45

Overall Rank:
720th fastest in multithreading out of 5810 CPUs
1664th fastest in single threading out of 5810 CPUs
403rd fastest in out of 1235 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: $616.00 USD (2026-02-02)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
24303
Single Thread Rating
2126

Samples: 5*
*Margin for error: High



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 25,313
Thread: 2,002

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Xeon Gold 6242 @ 2.80GHz

Integer Math99,937 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math61,658 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers89 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting53,412 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption8,137 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression420,166 KBytes/Sec
Physics1,285 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions31,789 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread2,126 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 6th of March 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Xeon Gold 6242 @ 2.80GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 4th of March 2026


Not Enough Data from Current Version of PerformanceTest to Create Distribution Graph.

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of March 2026.

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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Server CPUs
As of 6th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 39,780
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 34,824
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 34,788
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 27,565
Intel Xeon Gold 6242 @ 2.80GHz
 24,303
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U
 23,985
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 17,228
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 14,250
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)
 11,656
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz
 11,314
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 10,378
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 6th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 81.28
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 73.67
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 61.71
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 57.60
Intel Xeon Gold 6242 @ 2.80GHz
 39.45
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz
 26.31
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 7.28
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 NA
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)
 NA
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 6th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 4,117
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 3,954
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U
 3,654
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz
 2,367
Intel Xeon Gold 6242 @ 2.80GHz
 2,126
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 2,122
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 1,931
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 1,780
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)
 1,715
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 1,329
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 1,328
Last 5 Baselines for Intel Xeon Gold 6242 @ 2.80GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL3300237 - Feb 20 2026 [Excluded]
3532
BL3105881 - Dec 04 2025
23277
BL3105844 - Dec 04 2025
23256
BL2770293 - Jul 17 2025 [Excluded]
3032
BL2580557 - Apr 25 2025
22405
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
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As of 6th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
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