Xeon Platinum 8276L vs Pentium B960

Primary details

Comparing Pentium B960 and Xeon Platinum 8276L processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2776	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Pentium	Intel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency	1.67	no data
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	3 October 2011 (13 years ago)	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$134	$16,616

Detailed specifications

Pentium B960 and Xeon Platinum 8276L 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	2 (Dual-core)	28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads	2	56
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.2 GHz	4 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	22	22
L1 cache	128 KB	1.75 MB
L2 cache	512 KB	28 MB
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	38.5 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Die size	131 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	89 °C
Number of transistors	504 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium B960 and Xeon Platinum 8276L 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 (Uniprocessor)	8 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCPGA988,PGA988	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium B960 and Xeon Platinum 8276L. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
My WiFi	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Pentium B960 and Xeon Platinum 8276L technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	+
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium B960 and Xeon Platinum 8276L are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	+
VT-x	-	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium B960 and Xeon Platinum 8276L. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	16 GB	4.5 TB
Max memory channels	2	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.335 GB/s	140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors	no data
Graphics max frequency	1.1 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium B960 and Xeon Platinum 8276L integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	2	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
SDVO	+	no data
CRT	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium B960 and Xeon Platinum 8276L.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	48

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 October 2011	2 April 2019
Physical cores	2	28
Threads	2	56
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	165 Watt

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