Xeon 6781P vs Platinum 8256
Aggregate performance score
Xeon 6781P outperforms Xeon Platinum 8256 by a whopping 603% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 922 | 21 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.38 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | Intel Xeon Platinum | no data |
| Power efficiency | 3.85 | 8.12 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | Intel | no data |
| Architecture codename | Cascade Lake-SP (2018) | no data |
| Release date | 11 December 2018 (6 years ago) | 1 January 2025 (less than a year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $7,007 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon Platinum 8256 and Xeon 6781P 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 80 |
| Threads | 8 | 160 |
| Base clock speed | 3.8 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.9 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| Multiplier | 38 | no data |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | no data |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | no data |
| L3 cache | 16.5 MB (shared) | 336 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | Intel 3 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 72 °C | 81 °C |
| Number of transistors | 8,000 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Platinum 8256 and Xeon 6781P 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 | 8 (Multiprocessor) | no data |
| Socket | FCLGA3647 | FCLGA4710 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 105 Watt | 350 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8256 and Xeon 6781P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 | Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | - |
| vPro | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Speed Shift | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | + |
| TSX | + | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - | no data |
| Deep Learning Boost | + | + |
Security technologies
Xeon Platinum 8256 and Xeon 6781P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| SGX | no data | + |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8256 and Xeon 6781P are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8256 and Xeon 6781P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2933 | DDR5(6400MT/s), MRDIMM(8800MT/s) |
| Maximum memory size | 1 TB | 4 TB |
| Max memory channels | 6 | 8 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 140.8 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | N/A | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8256 and Xeon 6781P.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | 136 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 9.50 | 66.75 |
| Recency | 11 December 2018 | 1 January 2025 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 80 |
| Threads | 8 | 160 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 105 Watt | 350 Watt |
Xeon Platinum 8256 has 233.3% lower power consumption.
Xeon 6781P, on the other hand, has a 602.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and 1900% more physical cores and 1900% more threads.
The Intel Xeon 6781P is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Xeon Platinum 8256 in performance tests.
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