Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 and Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Platinum 8280

  • 14 more cores, run more applications at once: 28 vs 14
  • 28 more threads: 56 vs 28
  • Around 25% higher clock speed: 4.00 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
  • Around 6% higher maximum core temperature: 84°C vs 79°C
  • Around 22% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2356 vs 1925
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 64291 vs 27169
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 28 vs 14
Number of threads 56 vs 28
Maximum frequency 4.00 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Maximum core temperature 84°C vs 79°C
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2356 vs 1925
PassMark - CPU mark 64291 vs 27169

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4

  • Around 95% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 205 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt vs 205 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Platinum 8280
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2356
1925
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
64291
27169
Name Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark 2356 1925
PassMark - CPU mark 64291 27169
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3364
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 25358

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 Intel Xeon E5-2660 v4

Essentials

Architecture codename Cascade Lake Broadwell
Launch date 2 Apr 2019 Q1'16
Launch price (MSRP) $10009
Place in performance rating 244 198
Processor Number 8280 E5-2660V4
Series 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Status Launched Launched
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

Base frequency 2.70 GHz 2.00 GHz
L1 cache 1.75 MB
L2 cache 28 MB
L3 cache 38.5 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 84°C 79°C
Maximum frequency 4.00 GHz 3.20 GHz
Number of cores 28 14
Number of threads 56 28
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 3
64 bit support
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links 2

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 6 4
Maximum memory bandwidth 131.13 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size 1 TB
Supported memory frequency 2933 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2933 DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400

Compatibility

Package Size 76.0mm x 56.5mm 45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA3647 FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 205 Watt 105 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 48 40
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
Scalability S8S 2S
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512 Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units 2
Speed Shift technology
Idle States
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 46-bit
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)