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

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2024

CPUmark/$Price: 20.52

Overall Rank:
103rd fastest in multithreading out of 5000 CPUs
575th fastest in single threading out of 5000 CPUs
84th fastest in out of 1064 Server CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

59047

Single Thread Rating

2975

Samples: 2*
*Margin for error: High

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y

Integer Math	224,015 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	171,935 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	334 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	85,604 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	43,793 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	853,993 KBytes/Sec
Physics	3,871 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	74,496 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	2,975 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 21st of February 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 17th of February 2025

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From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of February 2025.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Server CPUs
As of 21st of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX		75,750
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX		62,324
Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y		59,047
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		42,209
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		40,243
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		34,997
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		28,044
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		17,570
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		14,262
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		10,398
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		9,327

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 21st of February 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		82.90
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		73.73
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX		46.00
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		43.51
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		39.19
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX		29.65
Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y		20.52
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		7.30
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 21st of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX		3,317
Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y		2,975
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		2,681
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX		2,659
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		2,123
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz		2,050
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		1,940
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		1,787
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		1,327
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		1,324
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz		1,092

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2405867 - Feb 11 2025		58986
BL2404195 - Feb 10 2025		59109
BL2387263 - Feb 03 2025 [Excluded]		5364
BL2387172 - Feb 03 2025 [Excluded]		5609
BL2340232 - Jan 13 2025 [Excluded]		9542

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y
As of 21st of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y		59,047
AMD EPYC 9254 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y		65,111 (+10.3%)
Intel Xeon w7-3455 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y		58,393 (-1.1%)
AMD EPYC 74F3 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y		60,666 (+2.7%)
AMD EPYC 7443 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y		56,686 (-4.0%)
AMD EPYC 9275F vs Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y		87,184 (+47.7%)
Intel Xeon w7-2495X vs Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y		58,003 (-1.8%)
AMD EPYC 9354 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y		69,825 (+18.3%)
AMD EPYC 7543P vs Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y		66,687 (+12.9%)
AMD EPYC 9334 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y		64,616 (+9.4%)
Intel Xeon w7-3465X vs Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y		63,866 (+8.2%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y vs Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y		58,066 (-1.7%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6423N vs Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y		57,434 (-2.7%)

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