Intel Xeon Platinum 9282: specs and benchmarks

Summary

Intel started Xeon Platinum 9282 sales 2 April 2019. This is a Cascade Lake-AP architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 56 cores and 112 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3800 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is Intel BGA5903 processor with a TDP of 400 Watt. It supports DDR4-2933 memory.

General info

Xeon Platinum 9282 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance ranking	not rated
Market segment	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Platinum
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake-AP (2019)
Release date	2 April 2019 (4 years old)
Current price	$14999	of 15710 (Xeon Platinum 8276L)

Technical specs

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 cores	56 (Hexapentaconta-Core)
Threads	112
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	of 4.7 (Ryzen 9 7900X)
Boost clock speed	3.8 GHz	of 6 (Core i9-13900KS)
Bus support	4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache	64K (per core)	of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	of 36 (Apple M2 Max)
L3 cache	77 MB (shared)	of 768 (EPYC 7773X)
Chip lithography	14 nm	of 4 (Ryzen 9 7940H)
Number of transistors	8,000 million	of 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX)
64 bit support	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+
Unlocked multiplier	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 9282 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 configuration	2	of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8160M)
Socket	Intel BGA5903
Power consumption (TDP)	400 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 9282. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+
FMA	+
AVX	+
PowerNow	+
vPro	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+
Speed Shift	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+
TSX	+
TSX	+
SIPP	+

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

AMD-V	+
VT-d	+
VT-x	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 9282's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	of 5600 (Ryzen 9 7940H)
Maximum memory size	2 TiB	of 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3)
Max memory channels	12
Maximum memory bandwidth	281.6 GB/s	of 460.8 (EPYC 9654)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon Platinum 9282. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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