Xeon Platinum 8260L vs Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX and Xeon Platinum 8260L processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking132not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesAMD Ryzen ThreadripperIntel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency10.66no data
Architecture codenameChagall PRO (2022)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date8 March 2022 (2 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$12,599

Detailed specifications

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads3248
Base clock speed4 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed4.5 GHz3.9 GHz
Multiplier4024
L1 cache64K (per core)1.5 MB
L2 cache512K (per core)24 MB
L3 cache64 MB35.75 MB
Chip lithography7 nm14 nm
Die size4x 81 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)95 °Cno data
Number of transistors16,600 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX 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)
SocketWRX8FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)280 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX 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

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX 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 Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX and Xeon Platinum 8260L are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX and Xeon Platinum 8260L. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size2 TiB4.5 TB
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidth204.8 GB/s140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX and Xeon Platinum 8260L.

PCIe version4.03.0
PCI Express lanes12848

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 March 2022 2 April 2019
Physical cores 16 24
Threads 32 48
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 280 Watt 165 Watt

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

Xeon Platinum 8260L, on the other hand, has 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads, and 69.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX and Xeon Platinum 8260L. We've got no test results to judge.


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