Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 vs Platinum 8268

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Combined performance score

Xeon Platinum 8268
20.59

Platinum 8280 outperforms Platinum 8268 by 4% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8268 and Xeon Platinum 8280 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking231216
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money7.430.25
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon PlatinumIntel Xeon Platinum
Architecture codenameCascade Lake-SP (2019)Cascade Lake-SP (2019)
Release date11 December 2018 (5 years old)11 December 2018 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$6,302$10,009
Current price$3092 (0.5x MSRP)$13549 (1.4x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Platinum 8268 has 2872% better value for money than Xeon Platinum 8280.

Technical specs

Xeon Platinum 8268 and Xeon Platinum 8280 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)28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads4856
Base clock speed2.9 GHz2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz4 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache35.75 MB (shared)38.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature84 °C84 °C
Number of transistors8,000 million8,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8268 and Xeon Platinum 8280 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)8 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)205 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8268 and Xeon Platinum 8280. 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--
StatusLaunchedLaunched

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8268 and Xeon Platinum 8280 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8268 and Xeon Platinum 8280 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8268 and Xeon Platinum 8280. 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 Platinum 8268 and Xeon Platinum 8280.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

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 8268 20.59
Xeon Platinum 8280 21.34
+3.6%

Platinum 8280 outperforms Platinum 8268 by 4% 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 8268 31632
Xeon Platinum 8280 32781
+3.6%

Platinum 8280 outperforms Platinum 8268 by 4% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 20.59 21.34
Physical cores 24 28
Threads 48 56
Cost $6302 $10009

We couldn't decide between Xeon Platinum 8268 and Xeon Platinum 8280. The differences in performance seem too small.


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