Xeon Platinum 8260 vs Intel Xeon E3 1290

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8260

Intel Xeon E3-1290

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon Platinum 8260 with 24 cores 2.4GHz and Intel Xeon E3 1290 with 4 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon Platinum 8260 's Advantages

Released 7 years and 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (4 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (35.75MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 32nm)

Intel Xeon E3 1290 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Lower TDP (95W vs 165W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Xeon Platinum 8260 +40%

1169

Intel Xeon E3 1290

833

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Xeon Platinum 8260 +211%

8928

Intel Xeon E3 1290

2870

Xeon Platinum 8260

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Intel Xeon E3 1290

General Parameters

Dec 2018

Release Date

May 2011

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Cascade Lake-SP

Core Architecture

Sandy Bridge

Intel Socket 3647

Socket

Intel Socket 1155

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Platinum(Cascade Lake-SP)

Generation

Xeon E3 (Sandy Bridge)

Package

8 billions

Transistor Count

1.16 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

165 W

Power Consumption

95 W

Intel

Foundry

Intel

-

Die Size

216 mm²

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4 GHz

24

Total Core Count

4

48

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

24.0

Multiplier

36.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

35.75 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

8

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4

Memory Types

DDR3

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

16

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