Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M: specs and benchmarks

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. It supports DDR4-2933 memory.
It provides good benchmark performance at 38.54 percent of a leader's which is AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX.
General info
Of Xeon Platinum 8260M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture and sales start time and price.
Value for money (0-100)
2.62
Type
Server
Series
Intel Xeon Platinum
Architecture codename
Cascade Lake
Release date
11 December 2018
Launch price (MSRP)
$7,705
Technical specs
Xeon Platinum 8260M's quantitative parameters such as cores and threads number, clocks, manufacturing process, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of Xeon Platinum 8260M's performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
Number of cores
24
Number of threads
48
64 bit support
+
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Platinum 8260M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one.
Max number of CPUs in a configuration
8 (Multiprocessor)
Socket
FCLGA3647
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions 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
2.0
Hyper-Threading
+
TSX
+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0
-
Security technologies
Xeon Platinum 8260M technologies aimed at raising security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
TXT
+
EDB
+
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8260M are enumerated here.
VT-d
+
VT-x
+
EPT
+
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8260M.
ECC memory support
+
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of Xeon Platinum 8260M's supported peripherals.
PCIe revision
3.0
Benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmarks performance of Xeon Platinum 8260M. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall benchmark performance
38.54
Passmark
34193
Game benchmarks
Let's see how good Xeon Platinum 8260M is for gaming compared with game system requirements. Remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect real performance inaccurately.
Relative perfomance
Overall Xeon Platinum 8260M performance compared to nearest competitors. All CPU types participate.