Xeon Platinum 8260 vs Intel Xeon E5 2690

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8260

Intel Xeon E5-2690

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon Platinum 8260 with 24 cores 2.4GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2690 with 8 cores 2.9GHz . 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 6 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (4 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (35.75MB vs 20MB)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 32nm)

Intel Xeon E5 2690 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Lower TDP (135W vs 165W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Xeon Platinum 8260 +7%

1169

Intel Xeon E5 2690

1084

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Xeon Platinum 8260

8928

Intel Xeon E5 2690 +6%

9549

Xeon Platinum 8260

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Intel Xeon E5 2690

General Parameters

Dec 2018

Release Date

Mar 2012

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Cascade Lake-SP

Core Architecture

Sandy Bridge-EP

Intel Socket 3647

Socket

Intel Socket 2011

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Platinum(Cascade Lake-SP)

Generation

Xeon E5 (Sandy Bridge-EP)

Package

8 billions

Transistor Count

2.27 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

165 W

Power Consumption

135 W

Intel

Foundry

Intel

-

Die Size

435 mm²

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.9 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

24

Total Core Count

8

48

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

24.0

Multiplier

29.0

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

20 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

8

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4

Memory Types

DDR3

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

3

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