Xeon Platinum 8280 vs Intel Xeon E5 2696 v3

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8280

Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon Platinum 8280 with 28 cores 2.7GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2696 v3 with 18 cores 2.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon Platinum 8280 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 3 months late

Higher base frequency (2.7GHz vs 2.3GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)

Intel Xeon E5 2696 v3 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (2133 vs 4)

Larger L3 cache size (45MB vs 38.5MB)

Lower TDP (145W vs 205W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Xeon Platinum 8280 +31%

1286

Intel Xeon E5 2696 v3

976

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Xeon Platinum 8280

1535

Intel Xeon E5 2696 v3 +453%

8501

Xeon Platinum 8280

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Intel Xeon E5 2696 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

5.69 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

205 W

Power Consumption

145 W

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Peak Operating Temperature

77 °C

Intel

Foundry

Intel

-

Die Size

622 mm²

CPU Performance

2.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.3 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

28

Total Core Count

18

56

Total Thread Count

36

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

27.0

Multiplier

23.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

38.5 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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