Xeon Platinum 8260Y vs Gold 6210U

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6210U and Xeon Platinum 8260Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking327not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation19.07no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon GoldIntel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency11.48no data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,500$5,320

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6210U and Xeon Platinum 8260Y 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 cores20 (Icosa-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads4048
Base clock speed2.5 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz3.9 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier2524
L1 cache1.25 MB1.5 MB
L2 cache20 MB24 MB
L3 cache27.5 MB35.75 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature86 °C90 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6210U and Xeon Platinum 8260Y 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)8 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6210U and Xeon Platinum 8260Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0--
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6210U and Xeon Platinum 8260Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6210U and Xeon Platinum 8260Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6210U and Xeon Platinum 8260Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size1 TB1 TB
Max memory channels66
Maximum memory bandwidth140.8 GB/s140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6210U and Xeon Platinum 8260Y.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 20 24
Threads 40 48
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 165 Watt

Xeon Gold 6210U has 10% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8260Y, on the other hand, has 20% more physical cores and 20% more threads.

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