Xeon Platinum 8163 vs X5260

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon X5260
2007
80 Watt
0.78
Xeon Platinum 8163
24 cores / 48 threads
0.98
+25.6%

Xeon Platinum 8163 outperforms Xeon X5260 by a significant 26% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon X5260 and Xeon Platinum 8163 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking26342480
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency0.92no data
Architecture codenameno dataSkylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date1 October 2007 (17 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon X5260 and Xeon Platinum 8163 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 coresno data24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threadsno data48
Base clock speed3.33 GHzno data
Boost clock speedno data2.5 GHz
Multiplierno data25
L1 cacheno data1.5 MB
L2 cacheno data24 MB
L3 cache6 MB L2 Cache33 MB
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature66 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.35Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X5260 and Xeon Platinum 8163 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 data8 (Multiprocessor)
SocketLGA771Socket P
Power consumption (TDP)80 Wattno data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X5260 and Xeon Platinum 8163. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching+no data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Xeon X5260 and Xeon Platinum 8163 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon X5260 and Xeon Platinum 8163 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon X5260 and Xeon Platinum 8163. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-2666
Maximum memory sizeno data768 GB
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidthno data128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon X5260 and Xeon Platinum 8163.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

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 X5260 0.78
Xeon Platinum 8163 0.98
+25.6%

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 X5260 1238
Xeon Platinum 8163 1561
+26.1%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.78 0.98
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm

Xeon Platinum 8163 has a 25.6% higher aggregate performance score, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Xeon Platinum 8163 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon X5260 in performance tests.


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