Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y

Benchmarks for the Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y 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.
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Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: FCLGA4677

Clockspeed: 2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.1 GHz

Cores: 24 Threads: 48

Typical TDP: 250 W

Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 4.0 TB (Up to DDR5 5200 MT/s 1DPC, ECC Supported)

Other names: INTEL(R) XEON(R) GOLD 6542Y, INTEL XEON GOLD 6542Y

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2024

CPUmark/$Price: 20.90

Overall Rank:
144th fastest in multithreading out of 5444 CPUs
682nd fastest in single threading out of 5444 CPUs
124th fastest in out of 1178 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: $2,878.00 USD (2023-10-01)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

60144

Single Thread Rating

3087

Samples: 3*
*Margin for error: High

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y

Integer Math	226,375 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	169,220 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	329 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	92,708 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	46,317 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	842,788 KBytes/Sec
Physics	3,998 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	71,159 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	3,087 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of November 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 4th of November 2025

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of November 2025.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Server CPUs
As of 10th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y		60,144
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		40,024
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		39,780
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		35,253
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745		34,827
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		28,040
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645		27,565
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		17,313
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		14,277
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		10,387
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		9,292

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 10th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		81.68
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		73.81
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645		61.71
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745		57.60
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		40.41
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		36.39
Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y		20.90
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		7.29
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 10th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745		4,117
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645		3,954
Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y		3,087
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		2,681
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		2,125
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		2,039
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		1,934
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		1,786
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		1,329
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		1,328
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		1,093

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL5105815 - Oct 29 2025		62337
BL2895408 - Sep 09 2025 [Excluded]		17142
BL2895380 - Sep 09 2025 [Excluded]		16688
BL2895379 - Sep 09 2025 [Excluded]		16668
BL2895376 - Sep 09 2025 [Excluded]		16391

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y
As of 10th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y		60,144
Intel Xeon w7-3455 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y		54,925 (-8.7%)
AMD EPYC 9274F vs Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y		73,982 (+23.0%)
Intel Xeon w7-3565X vs Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y		70,854 (+17.8%)
AMD EPYC 74F3 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y		60,666 (+0.9%)
AMD EPYC 7443 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y		56,743 (-5.7%)
AMD EPYC 9275F vs Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y		84,620 (+40.7%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7965WX vs Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y		82,383 (+37.0%)
AMD EPYC 9354P vs Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y		74,832 (+24.4%)
Intel Xeon 6710E vs Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y		61,404 (+2.1%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y vs Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y		58,534 (-2.7%)
Intel Xeon w7-2495X vs Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y		57,208 (-4.9%)
Intel Xeon 6710E vs Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y		61,404 (+2.1%)

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