Xeon Platinum 8256 vs Intel Xeon E5 2686 v3

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8256

Intel Xeon E5-2686 v3

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon Platinum 8256 with 4 cores 3.8GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2686 v3 with 18 cores 2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon Platinum 8256 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 3 months late

Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 2GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)

Lower TDP (105W vs 120W)

Intel Xeon E5 2686 v3 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 4)

Larger L3 cache size (45MB vs 16.5MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Xeon Platinum 8256 +29%

1339

Intel Xeon E5 2686 v3

1033

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Xeon Platinum 8256

5871

Intel Xeon E5 2686 v3 +47%

8649

Xeon Platinum 8256

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Intel Xeon E5 2686 v3

General Parameters

Dec 2018

Release Date

Sep 2014

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Cascade Lake-SP

Core Architecture

Haswell-EP

Intel Socket 3647

Socket

Intel Socket 2011-3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Platinum(Cascade Lake-SP)

Generation

Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)

Package

8 billions

Transistor Count

2.6 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

105 W

Power Consumption

120 W

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Peak Operating Temperature

83 °C

Intel

Foundry

Intel

-

Die Size

356 mm²

CPU Performance

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.5 GHz

4

Total Core Count

18

8

Total Thread Count

36

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

38.0

Multiplier

20.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

16.5 MB shared

L3 Cache

45 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

8

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4

Memory Types

DDR3,DDR4-2133

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

40

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