Xeon Platinum 8280 vs Ryzen 5 2600

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 2600 and Xeon Platinum 8280 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	903	264
Place by popularity	22	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	9.83	1.66
Market segment	Desktop processor	Server
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	Intel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency	12.08	9.53
Architecture codename	Pinnacle Riege (Zen+) (2018)	Cascade Lake-SP (2018)
Release date	19 April 2018 (6 years ago)	11 December 2018 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$10,009

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Ryzen 5 2600 has 492% better value for money than Xeon Platinum 8280.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 2600 and Xeon Platinum 8280 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads	12	56
Base clock speed	3.4 GHz	2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.9 GHz	4 GHz
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	34	27
L1 cache	96K (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	3 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB (shared)	38.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	12 nm	14 nm
Die size	192 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	84 °C
Number of transistors	4,800 million	8,000 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 2600 and Xeon Platinum 8280 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 (Uniprocessor)	8 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	AM4	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 2600 and Xeon Platinum 8280. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	+
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	-
Precision Boost 2	+	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 2600 and Xeon Platinum 8280 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 Ryzen 5 2600 and Xeon Platinum 8280 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 2600 and Xeon Platinum 8280. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	128 GB	1 TB
Max memory channels	2	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	46.933 GB/s	140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

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N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 2600 and Xeon Platinum 8280.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	20	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	8.30	20.64
Recency	19 April 2018	11 December 2018
Physical cores	6	28
Threads	12	56
Chip lithography	12 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	205 Watt

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