Xeon Platinum 8376H vs E5-2680

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2680 and Xeon Platinum 8376H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1076	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.98	no data
Market segment	Workstation	Server
Series	Xeon (Desktop)	no data
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge-EP (2012)	Cooper Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	6 March 2012 (12 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,723	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2680 and Xeon Platinum 8376H 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	8 (Octa-Core)	28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads	16	56
Base clock speed	2.7 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	4.3 GHz
Bus rate	8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	512 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	20 MB	38.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Die size	435 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	no data
Number of transistors	2270 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2680 and Xeon Platinum 8376H 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	FCLGA2011	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2680 and Xeon Platinum 8376H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	Launched
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2680 and Xeon Platinum 8376H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2680 and Xeon Platinum 8376H are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2680 and Xeon Platinum 8376H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4 RDIMM
Maximum memory size	384 GB	1.12 TB
Max memory channels	4	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2680 and Xeon Platinum 8376H.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	40	48

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	6 March 2012	6 April 2021
Physical cores	8	28
Threads	16	56
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	205 Watt

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