Intel Xeon Gold 6242 vs Intel Celeron 2955U

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Intel Xeon Gold 6242 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Celeron 2955U
Intel Xeon Gold 6242 Intel Celeron 2955U

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon Gold 6242 or Intel Celeron 2955U - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Xeon Gold 6242 has 16 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz. Up to 1024 GB of memory is supported in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6242 was released in Q2/2019.

The Intel Celeron 2955U has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron 2955U was released in Q3/2013.
Intel Xeon Gold (163) Family Intel Celeron (165)
Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 (55) CPU group Intel Celeron 2000 (7)
2 Generation 4
Cascade Lake Architecture Haswell U
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Gold 6242 is a 16 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.80 GHz (3.90 GHz). The Intel Celeron 2955U has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.40 GHz.

Intel Xeon Gold 6242 Characteristic Intel Celeron 2955U
16 Cores 2
32 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.80 GHz Frequency 1.40 GHz
3.90 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
3.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Intel Xeon Gold 6242 Characteristic Intel Celeron 2955U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

no iGPU GPU Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
GPU frequency 0.20 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.00 GHz
-- GPU Generation 7.5
Technology 22 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 10
-- Shader 80
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
-- DirectX Version 11.1

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

no iGPU GPU Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon Gold 6242 supports a maximum of 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Celeron 2955U can connect up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Intel Xeon Gold 6242 Characteristic Intel Celeron 2955U
DDR4-2933 Memory LPDDR3-1600, DDR3L-1600
1024 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
6 (Hexa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
140.7 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
22.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 2.0
48 PCIe lanes 10
47.3 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 5.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Xeon Gold 6242 has a TDP of 150 W, that of the Intel Celeron 2955U is 15 W.

Intel Xeon Gold 6242 Characteristic Intel Celeron 2955U
150 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Gold 6242 has a 22.00 MB cache, while the Intel Celeron 2955U cache has a total of 2.00 MB.

Intel Xeon Gold 6242 Characteristic Intel Celeron 2955U
14 nm Technology 22 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
LGA 3647 Socket BGA 1168
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2019 Release date Q3/2013
2534 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Gold 6242 (100%)
Intel Celeron 2955U (29%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Gold 6242 (100%)
Intel Celeron 2955U (4%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon Gold 6242 Intel Xeon Gold 6242
16C 32T @ 3.90 GHz
1107 (100%)
Intel Celeron 2955U Intel Celeron 2955U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz
317 (29%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon Gold 6242 Intel Xeon Gold 6242
16C 32T @ 3.40 GHz
12843 (100%)
Intel Celeron 2955U Intel Celeron 2955U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz
632 (5%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Xeon Gold 6242 Intel Xeon Gold 6242
16C 32T @ 3.40 GHz
26311 (100%)
Intel Celeron 2955U Intel Celeron 2955U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz
866 (3%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Xeon Gold 6242 Intel Xeon Gold 6242
16C 32T @ 3.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron 2955U Intel Celeron 2955U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz
284 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Xeon Gold 6242 Intel Xeon Gold 6242
16C 32T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron 2955U Intel Celeron 2955U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz
515 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Xeon Gold 6242 Intel Xeon Gold 6242
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron 2955U Intel Celeron 2955U
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.00 GHz
160 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon Gold 6242 Intel Xeon Gold 6242
16C 32T @ 3.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron 2955U Intel Celeron 2955U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz
56 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon Gold 6242 Intel Xeon Gold 6242
16C 32T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron 2955U Intel Celeron 2955U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz
106 (100%)

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