Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M vs W-2295

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Combined performance score

Xeon W-2295
19.99

Platinum 8260M outperforms W-2295 by 11% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Xeon W-2295 and Xeon Platinum 8260M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking242203
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money11.09no data
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Platinum
Architecture codenameno dataCascade Lake-SP (2019)
Release date1 October 2019 (4 years old)11 December 2018 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$7,705
Current price$2292 $14619 (1.9x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon W-2295 and Xeon Platinum 8260M have a nearly equal value for money.

Technical specs

Xeon W-2295 and Xeon Platinum 8260M 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 cores18 (Octadeca-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads3648
Base clock speed3 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed4.8 GHz3.9 GHz
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cacheno data1 MB (per core)
L3 cache24.75 MB35.75 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature61 °C90 °C
Number of transistorsno data8,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W-2295 and Xeon Platinum 8260M 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 configuration18 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA2066FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-2295 and Xeon Platinum 8260M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVXno data+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0+-
StatusLaunchedLaunched

Security technologies

Xeon W-2295 and Xeon Platinum 8260M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
MPX+no data
Identity Protection+no data
SGX-no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W-2295 and Xeon Platinum 8260M are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W-2295 and Xeon Platinum 8260M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size1 TB2 TB
Max memory channels46
Maximum memory bandwidth93.85 GB/s140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W-2295 and Xeon Platinum 8260M.

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 W-2295 19.99
Xeon Platinum 8260M 22.12
+10.7%

Platinum 8260M outperforms W-2295 by 11% 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 W-2295 30701
Xeon Platinum 8260M 33970
+10.6%

Platinum 8260M outperforms W-2295 by 11% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 19.99 22.12
Recency 1 October 2019 11 December 2018
Physical cores 18 24
Threads 36 48

The Xeon Platinum 8260M is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon W-2295 in performance tests.


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