Xeon Platinum 8260L vs Opteron 142

Primary details

Comparing Opteron 142 and Xeon Platinum 8260L processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Platinum
Architecture codenameSledgeHammer (2003−2005)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release dateSeptember 2003 (21 year ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$12,599

Detailed specifications

Opteron 142 and Xeon Platinum 8260L 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 cores1 (Single-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads148
Base clock speedno data2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed1.6 GHz3.9 GHz
Multiplierno data24
L1 cache128 KB1.5 MB
L2 cache1 MB24 MB
L3 cache0 KB35.75 MB
Chip lithography130 nm14 nm
Die size193 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
Number of transistors106 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Opteron 142 and Xeon Platinum 8260L 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 configuration18 (Multiprocessor)
Socket940FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron 142 and Xeon Platinum 8260L. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Opteron 142 and Xeon Platinum 8260L technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Opteron 142 and Xeon Platinum 8260L are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Opteron 142 and Xeon Platinum 8260L. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-2933
Maximum memory sizeno data4.5 TB
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidthno data140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Opteron 142 and Xeon Platinum 8260L.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 24
Threads 1 48
Chip lithography 130 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 165 Watt

Opteron 142 has 94.1% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8260L, on the other hand, has 2300% more physical cores and 4700% more threads, and a 828.6% more advanced lithography process.

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