Xeon Platinum 9282 vs E5-2678 v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Platinum 9282 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	821	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Xeon	Intel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency	7.32	no data
Architecture codename	Haswell (2013−2015)	Cascade Lake-AP (2019)
Release date	2015 (9 years ago)	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Platinum 9282 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	12 (Dodeca-Core)	56 (Hexapentaconta-Core)
Threads	24	112
Base clock speed	2.5 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.3 GHz	3.8 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	26
L1 cache	384 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	3072 KB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	30 MB	77 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Die size	356 mm2	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	84 °C	no data
Number of transistors	5,560 million	8,000 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Platinum 9282 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	2	8
Socket	LGA2011-3	Intel BGA5903
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	400 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Platinum 9282. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	+	+
PowerNow	-	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
TSX	+	+
SIPP	-	+
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Platinum 9282 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

+

+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Platinum 9282 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Platinum 9282. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3, DDR4	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	no data	2 TiB
Max memory channels	no data	12
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	281.6 GB/s

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Platinum 9282.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	40	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	12	56
Threads	24	112
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	400 Watt

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