Xeon Platinum 8280L vs i5-9400F

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Primary details

Comparing Core i5-9400F and Xeon Platinum 8280L processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1108not rated
Place by popularity24not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation9.43no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesIntel Core i5Intel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency8.68no data
Architecture codenameCoffee Lake-R (2018−2019)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date8 January 2019 (5 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$182$17,906

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core i5-9400F and Xeon Platinum 8280L basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores6 (Hexa-Core)28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads656
Base clock speed2.9 GHz2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed4.1 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier2927
L1 cache64K (per core)1.75 MB
L2 cache256K (per core)28 MB
L3 cache9 MB (shared)38.5 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size149 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °C84 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-9400F and Xeon Platinum 8280L compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)8 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA1151FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-9400F and Xeon Platinum 8280L. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Core i5-9400F and Xeon Platinum 8280L technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
Identity Protection+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-9400F and Xeon Platinum 8280L are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-9400F and Xeon Platinum 8280L. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size128 GB4.5 TB
Max memory channels26
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/s140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-9400F and Xeon Platinum 8280L.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1648

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 January 2019 2 April 2019
Physical cores 6 28
Threads 6 56
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 205 Watt

i5-9400F has 215.4% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8280L, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 months, and 366.7% more physical cores and 833.3% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Core i5-9400F and Xeon Platinum 8280L. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core i5-9400F is a desktop processor while Xeon Platinum 8280L is a server/workstation one.


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