Xeon E-2478 vs Platinum 8321HC

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8321HC and Xeon E-2478 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated320
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data82.67
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiencyno data22.20
Architecture codenameno dataRaptor Lake-S (2023−2024)
Release date1 October 2020 (4 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$568

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8321HC and Xeon E-2478 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 cores26 (Hexacosa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads5216
Base clock speed1.4 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz5.2 GHz
Bus rateno data16 GT/s
L1 cacheno data80 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data2 MB (per core)
L3 cache35.75 MB24 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyno dataIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data257 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8321HC and Xeon E-2478 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 configurationno data1
Socketno dataFCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)88 Watt80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8321HC and Xeon E-2478. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX+-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8321HC and Xeon E-2478 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8321HC and Xeon E-2478 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8321HC and Xeon E-2478. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesRDIMMDDR5-4800
Maximum memory size1.12 TB128 GB
Max memory channels62
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8321HC and Xeon E-2478.

PCIe version3.05
PCI Express lanes4816

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2020 14 December 2023
Physical cores 26 8
Threads 52 16
Power consumption (TDP) 88 Watt 80 Watt

Xeon Platinum 8321HC has 225% more physical cores and 225% more threads.

Xeon E-2478, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and 10% lower power consumption.

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