Xeon Platinum 8280L vs EPYC 7261

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Primary details

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesAMD EPYCIntel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency1.58no data
DesignerAMDIntel
ManufacturerGlobalFoundriesno data
Architecture codenameNaples (2017−2018)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date14 June 2018 (7 years ago)2 April 2019 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$17,906

Detailed specifications

EPYC 7261 and Xeon Platinum 8280L 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads1656
Base clock speed2.5 GHz2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed2.9 GHz4 GHz
Multiplier2527
L1 cache96K (per core)1.75 MB
L2 cache512K (per core)28 MB
L3 cache32 MB (shared)38.5 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size213 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data84 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)81 °Cno data
Number of transistors4,800 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 7261 and Xeon Platinum 8280L 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 configuration2 (Multiprocessor)8 (Multiprocessor)
SocketSP3FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)170 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 7261 and Xeon Platinum 8280L. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

EPYC 7261 and Xeon Platinum 8280L technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 7261 and Xeon Platinum 8280L are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by EPYC 7261 and Xeon Platinum 8280L. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size2 TiB4.5 TB
Max memory channels86
Maximum memory bandwidth170.671 GB/s140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 7261 and Xeon Platinum 8280L.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes12848

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 June 2018 2 April 2019
Physical cores 8 28
Threads 16 56
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 205 Watt

EPYC 7261 has 20.6% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8280L, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 months, and 250% more physical cores and 250% more threads.

We couldn't decide between AMD EPYC 7261 and Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L. We've got no test results to judge.

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