Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 vs Intel Xeon E5 2640 v3

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 Intel Xeon E5 2640 v3

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 with 28 cores 2.7GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2640 v3 with 8 cores 2.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 3 months late

Higher base frequency (2.7GHz vs 2.6GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (38.5MB vs 20MB)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 22nm)

Intel Xeon E5 2640 v3 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-1866 vs DDR4)

Lower TDP (90W vs 205W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 +60%

1286

Intel Xeon E5 2640 v3

800

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon Platinum 8280

1535

Intel Xeon E5 2640 v3 +106%

3177

Intel Xeon Platinum 8280

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Intel Xeon E5 2640 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

2.6 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

22 nm

Intel Socket 3647

Socket

Intel Socket 2011-3

205 W

Power Consumption

90 W

Intel

Foundry

Intel

-

Die Size

356 mm²

FC-LGA3647

Package

FC-LGA12A

CPU Performance

2.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.6 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

28

Total Core Count

8

56

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

27.0

Multiplier

26.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

38.5 MB shared

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

8

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4

Memory Types

DDR4-1866

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

40

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