Xeon Platinum 8260L vs Opteron X2150
Primary details
Comparing Opteron X2150 and Xeon Platinum 8260L processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | no data | Intel Xeon Platinum |
| Architecture codename | Kyoto (2013) | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) |
| Release date | 29 May 2013 (11 years ago) | 2 April 2019 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $12,599 |
Detailed specifications
Opteron X2150 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 cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | 24 (Tetracosa-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 48 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.9 GHz | 3.9 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 24 |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 1.5 MB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB (shared) | 24 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 35.75 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 90 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Opteron X2150 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 configuration | 1 | 8 (Multiprocessor) |
| Socket | FT3 | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 22 Watt | 165 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Opteron X2150 and Xeon Platinum 8260L. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Opteron X2150 and Xeon Platinum 8260L technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Opteron X2150 and Xeon Platinum 8260L are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Opteron X2150 and Xeon Platinum 8260L. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4-2933 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 4.5 TB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 6 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 140.8 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | HD 8400 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Opteron X2150 and Xeon Platinum 8260L.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 48 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 29 May 2013 | 2 April 2019 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 24 |
| Threads | 4 | 48 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 22 Watt | 165 Watt |
Opteron X2150 has 650% lower power consumption.
Xeon Platinum 8260L, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Opteron X2150 and Xeon Platinum 8260L. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between Opteron X2150 and Xeon Platinum 8260L, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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