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Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M: specs and benchmarks
Price now
540$
Games supported
100%
- Interface
- Core clock speed
- Max video memory
- Memory type
- Memory clock speed
- Maximum resolution
Year of release
2018
Performance
38.70
Summary
Intel started Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M sales 11 December 2018 at a recommended price of $7,705. This is Cascade Lake architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 24 cores and 48 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3900 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA3647 processor with a TDP of 165 Watt and a maximum temperature of °C. It supports DDR4-2933 memory.
General info
Of Xeon Platinum 8260M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance rating | 57 | |
| Value for money | 64.58 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Series | Intel Xeon Platinum | |
| Architecture codename | Cascade Lake | |
| Release date | 11 December 2018 (2 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $7,705 | of 305 (Core i7-870) |
| Price now | $540 (0.1x MSRP) | of 14999 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Value for money
Technical specs
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 24 (Tetracosa-Core) | |
| Threads | 48 | |
| Base clock speed | 2.4 GHz | of 4.7 (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 3.9 GHz | of 5.3 (Core i9-10900KF) |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | of 896 (Atom C3950) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | of 12 (Core 2 Quad Q9550) |
| L3 cache | 35.75 MB (shared) | of 32 (Ryzen Threadripper 1998) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | of 5 (Apple M1) |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | of 110 (Atom x7-E3950) |
| Number of transistors | 8,000 million | of 16000 (Apple M1) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | |
| Unlocked multiplier | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Platinum 8260M compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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) | |
| Socket | FCLGA3647 | |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 165 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8260M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AVX-512 | |
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| vPro | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| Speed Shift | + | |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | |
| TSX | + | |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | |
| EDB | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-d | + | |
| VT-x | + | |
| EPT | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8260M's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2933 | of 4266 (Ryzen 9 4900H) |
| Maximum memory size | 2 TB | of 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3) |
| Max memory channels | 6 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 140.8 GB/s | of 281.6 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| ECC memory support | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | of 128 (EPYC 7551P) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon Platinum 8260M. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Overall score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
- 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.
Game benchmarks
Let's see how good Xeon Platinum 8260M is for a gaming PC, compared with system requirements of some popular titles. Remember that sometimes official hardware requirements may reflect real performance inaccurately.
Relative perfomance
Overall Xeon Platinum 8260M performance compared to nearest competitors among server CPUs.
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