AMD EPYC 7643 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M

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Combined performance score

Xeon Platinum 8260M
22.12

EPYC 7643 outperforms Xeon Platinum 8260M by 125% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8260M and EPYC 7643 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking20330
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for moneyno data3.51
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon PlatinumAMD EPYC
Architecture codenameCascade Lake-SP (2019)Milan (2021)
Release date11 December 2018 (5 years old)15 March 2021 (3 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$7,705$4,995
Current price$14619 (1.9x MSRP)$8748 (1.8x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Platinum 8260M and EPYC 7643 have a nearly equal value for money.

Technical specs

Xeon Platinum 8260M and EPYC 7643 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 cores24 (Tetracosa-Core)48 (Octatetraconta-Core)
Threads4896
Base clock speed2.4 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz3.6 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)512 KB (per core)
L3 cache35.75 MB (shared)256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm7 nm+
Die sizeno data8x 81 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Number of transistors8,000 million33,200 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8260M and EPYC 7643 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)2
SocketFCLGA3647SP3
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt225 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8260M and EPYC 7643. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX-512no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
StatusLaunchedno data

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8260M and EPYC 7643 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8260M and EPYC 7643 are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8260M and EPYC 7643. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size2 TB4 TiB
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth140.8 GB/s204.795 GB/s
ECC memory support+no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8260M and EPYC 7643.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes48128

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. 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.

Xeon Platinum 8260M 22.12
EPYC 7643 49.78
+125%

EPYC 7643 outperforms Xeon Platinum 8260M by 125% in our combined benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Xeon Platinum 8260M 33970
EPYC 7643 76455
+125%

EPYC 7643 outperforms Xeon Platinum 8260M by 125% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 22.12 49.78
Recency 11 December 2018 15 March 2021
Physical cores 24 48
Threads 48 96
Cost $7705 $4995
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 225 Watt

The EPYC 7643 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Platinum 8260M in performance tests.


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