EPYC 9654 vs Xeon Platinum 8280L

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8280L and EPYC 9654 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated6
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data1.36
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon PlatinumAMD EPYC
Power efficiencyno data19.80
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Genoa (2022−2023)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)10 November 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$17,906$11,805

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8280L and EPYC 9654 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 cores28 (Octacosa-Core)96
Threads56192
Base clock speed2.7 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz3.7 GHz
Multiplier2724
L1 cache1.75 MB64K (per core)
L2 cache28 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache38.5 MB384 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm5 nm, 6 nm
Die sizeno data12x 72 mm2
Maximum core temperature84 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data78,840 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8280L and EPYC 9654 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
SocketFCLGA3647SP5
Power consumption (TDP)205 Watt360 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8280L and EPYC 9654. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® 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+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Precision Boost 2no data+
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8280L and EPYC 9654 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 8280L and EPYC 9654 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
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 8280L and EPYC 9654. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size4.5 TB6 TiB
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth140.8 GB/s460.8 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8280L and EPYC 9654.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes48128

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2019 10 November 2022
Physical cores 28 96
Threads 56 192
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 205 Watt 360 Watt

Xeon Platinum 8280L has 75.6% lower power consumption.

EPYC 9654, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, 242.9% more physical cores and 242.9% more threads, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

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