Xeon Platinum 8280: specs and benchmarks

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Xeon Platinum 8280
2019
28 cores / 56 threads, 205 Watt
21.47

Xeon Platinum 8280 provides good benchmark performance at 21.47% of a leader's which is a 96-core Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.

Summary

Intel started Xeon Platinum 8280 sales 2 April 2019 at a recommended price of $10,009. This is a Cascade Lake-SP architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 28 cores and 56 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 4000 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA3647 processor with a TDP of 205 Watt. It supports DDR4-2933 memory.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking257
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.64
Market segmentServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency9.53of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U)
Architecture codenameCascade Lake-SP (2018−2019)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$10,009of 17,906 (tray) (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

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 cores28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads56
Base clock speed2.7 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed4 GHzof 50 MHz (i486DX-50)
Multiplier27of 42 (Core i7-7700K)
L1 cache1.75 MBof 7475.2 KB (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache28 MBof 86016 KB (EPYC 9634)
L3 cache38.5 MB (shared)of 1179648 KB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography14 nmof 0.18 µm (K6-2+/450ACZ)
Maximum core temperature84 °Cof 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950)
Number of transistors8,000 millionof 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8280 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 configuration8 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)205 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by 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-512
AES-NI+
AVX+
vPro+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Speed Shift+
Turbo Boost Technology2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology+
TSX+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-
StatusLaunched
Deep Learning Boost+

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 8280's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933
Maximum memory size1 TBof 6 TiB (EPYC 9124)
Max memory channels6of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth140.8 GB/sof 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124)
ECC memory support+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version3.0of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes48of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon Platinum 8280. Overall benchmark performance 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 8280 21.47

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.

Xeon Platinum 8280 32781

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Xeon Platinum 8280's performance relative to its closest rivals among server CPUs.


Xeon Platinum 8280 100
Xeon w5-2445 98.04

AMD equivalent

It seems that there's no AMD equivalent for Xeon Platinum 8280. The nearest candidate is Opteron 6278, however, it's 58% slower and lower by 594 positions in our rating.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Xeon Platinum 8280:

Xeon Platinum 8280 100
Opteron 6278 41.87
Opteron 6348 23.94
Opteron 6276 19.38

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