Intel Xeon E5 2620 v3 vs Xeon Platinum 8256

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Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3

Intel Xeon Platinum 8256

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5 2620 v3 with 6 cores 2.4GHz and Xeon Platinum 8256 with 4 cores 3.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5 2620 v3 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (1866 vs 4)

Lower TDP (85W vs 105W)

Xeon Platinum 8256 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 3 months late

Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (16.5MB vs 15MB)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5 2620 v3

1032

Xeon Platinum 8256 +29%

1339

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5 2620 v3

3719

Xeon Platinum 8256 +57%

5871

Intel Xeon E5 2620 v3

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Xeon Platinum 8256

General Parameters

Sep 2014

Release Date

Dec 2018

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Haswell-EP

Core Architecture

Cascade Lake-SP

Intel Socket 2011-3

Socket

Intel Socket 3647

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

Generation

Xeon Platinum(Cascade Lake-SP)

Package

2.6 billions

Transistor Count

8 billions

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

85 W

Power Consumption

105 W

Intel

Foundry

Intel

356 mm²

Die Size

-

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.8 GHz

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

6

Total Core Count

4

12

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

24.0

Multiplier

38.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

15 MB shared

L3 Cache

16.5 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

8

Memory Parameters

DDR4-1866

Memory Types

DDR4

4

Max Memory Channels

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

-

40

PCIe Lanes

-

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