Xeon Platinum 8260 vs Intel Xeon X5660

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8260

Intel Xeon X5660

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon Platinum 8260 with 24 cores 2.4GHz and Intel Xeon X5660 with 6 cores 2.8GHz . 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 8 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (4 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (35.75MB vs 12MB)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 32nm)

Intel Xeon X5660 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Lower TDP (95W vs 165W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Xeon Platinum 8260 +148%

1169

Intel Xeon X5660

471

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Xeon Platinum 8260 +330%

8928

Intel Xeon X5660

2075

Xeon Platinum 8260

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Intel Xeon X5660

General Parameters

Dec 2018

Release Date

Mar 2010

Intel

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Cascade Lake-SP

Core Architecture

Westmere-EP

Intel Socket 3647

Socket

Intel Socket 1366

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Platinum(Cascade Lake-SP)

Generation

Xeon (Westmere-EP)

Package

8 billions

Transistor Count

1.17 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

165 W

Power Consumption

95 W

Intel

Foundry

Intel

-

Die Size

239 mm²

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.2 GHz

24

Total Core Count

6

48

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

133 MHz

24.0

Multiplier

21.0

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

12 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

8

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4

Memory Types

DDR3

Max Memory Channels

3

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

2

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