Xeon Platinum 8260 vs E1-2500

Primary details

Comparing E1-2500 and Xeon Platinum 8260 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	3020	302
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	6.12
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	AMD E-Series	Intel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency	no data	10.95
Architecture codename	Kabini (2013−2014)	Cascade Lake-SP (2018)
Release date	23 May 2013 (11 years ago)	11 December 2018 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$4,702

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

E1-2500 and Xeon Platinum 8260 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	2 (Dual-core)	24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads	2	48
Base clock speed	no data	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.4 GHz	3.9 GHz
Multiplier	no data	24
L1 cache	no data	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1024 KB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	35.75 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Die size	246 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,178 million	8,000 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on E1-2500 and Xeon Platinum 8260 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	1	8 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FT3	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by E1-2500 and Xeon Platinum 8260. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	FMA4	-
AVX	+	+
PowerNow	+	-
PowerGating	+	-
VirusProtect	+	-
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
TSX	-	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

E1-2500 and Xeon Platinum 8260 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by E1-2500 and Xeon Platinum 8260 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+
EPT	no data	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by E1-2500 and Xeon Platinum 8260. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	no data	1 TB
Max memory channels	1	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon HD 8240	N/A
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of E1-2500 and Xeon Platinum 8260 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by E1-2500 and Xeon Platinum 8260 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by E1-2500 and Xeon Platinum 8260.

PCIe version	2.0	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.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.37	19.10
Recency	23 May 2013	11 December 2018
Physical cores	2	24
Threads	2	48
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	165 Watt

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