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 performance ranking | not rated | 261 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 5.30 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | AMD E-Series | Intel Xeon Platinum |
| Architecture codename | Kabini (2013−2014) | Cascade Lake-SP (2019) |
| Release date | 23 May 2013 (10 years ago) | 11 December 2018 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $4,702 |
| Current price | $200 | $4081 (0.9x MSRP) |
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 |
| L1 cache | no data | 64K (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 | - | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
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, DDR3L-1333 | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | FMA4 | no data |
| AVX | + | + |
| PowerTune | - | no data |
| TrueAudio | - | no data |
| PowerNow | + | no data |
| PowerGating | + | no data |
| Out-of-band client management | - | no data |
| VirusProtect | + | no data |
| 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 | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
| Status | no data | Launched |
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 | + | no data |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
| IOMMU 2.0 | + | no data |
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 | no data | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon HD 8240 | no data |
| Enduro | + | no data |
| Switchable graphics | 1 | no data |
| UVD | + | no data |
| VCE | + | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of E1-2500 and Xeon Platinum 8260 integrated GPUs.
| DisplayPort | + | no data |
| HDMI | + | no data |
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 | 1 | no data |
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.
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 8260 outperforms E1-2500 by 5000% in Passmark.
Pros & cons summary
| 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 |
We couldn't decide between E1-2500 and Xeon Platinum 8260. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that E1-2500 is a notebook processor while Xeon Platinum 8260 is a server/workstation one.
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