Xeon Platinum 8268 vs Intel Xeon E5 2678 v3

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8268

Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon Platinum 8268 with 24 cores 2.9GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2678 v3 with 12 cores 2.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon Platinum 8268 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 11 months late

Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2.5GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (35.75MB vs 30MB)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)

Intel Xeon E5 2678 v3 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 4)

Lower TDP (120W vs 205W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Xeon Platinum 8268 +7%

1012

Intel Xeon E5 2678 v3

945

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Xeon Platinum 8268

3553

Intel Xeon E5 2678 v3 +110%

7467

Xeon Platinum 8268

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Intel Xeon E5 2678 v3

General Parameters

Dec 2018

Release Date

Jan 2015

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

205 W

Power Consumption

120 W

Intel

Foundry

Intel

-

Die Size

356 mm²

CPU Performance

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.5 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.3 GHz

24

Total Core Count

12

48

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

29.0

Multiplier

25.0

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

30 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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