Xeon Platinum 8280M vs E7-8850

Primary details

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Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E7Intel Xeon Platinum
DesignerIntelIntel
ManufacturerIntelIntel
Architecture codenameWestmere-EX (2011)Cascade Lake-SP (2018)
Release date5 April 2011 (13 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,059$13,012

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-8850 and Xeon Platinum 8280M 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 cores10 (Deca-Core)28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads2056
Base clock speed2 GHz2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate6.4 GT/sno data
Multiplier1527
L1 cache640 KB1.75 MB
L2 cache2.56 MB28 MB
L3 cache24 MB (shared)38.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size513 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data84 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)69 °Cno data
Number of transistors2600 Million8,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-8850 and Xeon Platinum 8280M 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 configuration8 (Multiprocessor)8 (Multiprocessor)
SocketLGA1567FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-8850 and Xeon Platinum 8280M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology1.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Thermal Monitoring+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E7-8850 and Xeon Platinum 8280M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E7-8850 and Xeon Platinum 8280M are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E7-8850 and Xeon Platinum 8280M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size4 TB2 TB
Max memory channels46
Maximum memory bandwidth34.113 GB/s140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/AN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7-8850 and Xeon Platinum 8280M.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 April 2011 2 April 2019
Physical cores 10 28
Threads 20 56
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 205 Watt

Xeon E7-8850 has 57.7% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8280M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, 180% more physical cores and 180% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Intel Xeon E7-8850 and Intel Xeon Platinum 8280M. We've got no test results to judge.

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