Xeon Platinum 8380HL vs E5-2698 v4

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2698 v4 and Xeon Platinum 8380HL processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	474	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.90	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E5	no data
Power efficiency	10.37	no data
Architecture codename	Broadwell (2015−2019)	Cooper Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	20 June 2016 (8 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,226	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2698 v4 and Xeon Platinum 8380HL 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	20 (Icosa-Core)	28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads	40	56
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	4.3 GHz
Bus type	QPI	no data
Bus rate	2 × 9.6 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	22	no data
L1 cache	no data	64K (per core)
L2 cache	5 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	50 MB	38.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	456.12 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	7200 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2698 v4 and Xeon Platinum 8380HL 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 (Multiprocessor)	8
Socket	FCLGA2011	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	135 Watt	250 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2698 v4 and Xeon Platinum 8380HL. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
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
PAE	46 Bit	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2698 v4 and Xeon Platinum 8380HL technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2698 v4 and Xeon Platinum 8380HL are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2698 v4 and Xeon Platinum 8380HL. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400	DDR4 RDIMM
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	4.5 TB
Max memory channels	4	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2698 v4 and Xeon Platinum 8380HL.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	40	48

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	20 June 2016	6 April 2021
Physical cores	20	28
Threads	40	56
Power consumption (TDP)	135 Watt	250 Watt

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