Xeon Platinum 8268 vs Celeron M 420
Primary details
Comparing Celeron M 420 and Xeon Platinum 8268 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | 211 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 11.11 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | Celeron M | Intel Xeon Platinum |
| Architecture codename | Yonah (2005−2006) | Cascade Lake-SP (2019) |
| Release date | no data | 11 December 2018 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $6,302 |
| Current price | $145 | $2362 (0.4x MSRP) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Celeron M 420 and Xeon Platinum 8268 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
| Physical cores | 1 (Single-Core) | 24 (Tetracosa-Core) |
| Threads | 1 | 48 |
| Base clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 2.9 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 3.9 GHz |
| Bus support | 533 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | no data | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | no data | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 1 MB L2 KB | 35.75 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 14 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 84 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 8,000 million |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
| VID voltage range | 1.0V-1.3V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron M 420 and Xeon Platinum 8268 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | no data | 8 (Multiprocessor) |
| Socket | PPGA478 | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 27 Watt | 205 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron M 420 and Xeon Platinum 8268. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | no data | + |
| AVX | no data | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | - | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | + |
| TSX | no data | + |
| Idle States | - | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
| FSB parity | - | no data |
| Status | Discontinued | Launched |
Security technologies
Celeron M 420 and Xeon Platinum 8268 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | + |
| EDB | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron M 420 and Xeon Platinum 8268 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | - | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron M 420 and Xeon Platinum 8268. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4-2933 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 1 TB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 6 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 140.8 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | no data | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron M 420 and Xeon Platinum 8268.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 48 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
Xeon Platinum 8268 outperforms Celeron M 420 by 24708% in Passmark.
Pros & cons summary
| Physical cores | 1 | 24 |
| Threads | 1 | 48 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 27 Watt | 205 Watt |
We couldn't decide between Celeron M 420 and Xeon Platinum 8268. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Celeron M 420 is a notebook processor while Xeon Platinum 8268 is a server/workstation one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron M 420 and Xeon Platinum 8268, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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