Xeon E-2486: specs and benchmarks
Summary
Intel started Xeon E-2486 sales 14 December 2023 at a recommended price of $506. This is a Raptor Lake-S architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 6 cores and 12 threads, and is based on Intel 7 manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 5600 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA1700 processor with a TDP of 95 Watt. It supports DDR5-4800 memory.
Primary details
Xeon E-2486 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Architecture codename | Raptor Lake-S (2023−2024) | |
| Release date | 14 December 2023 (less than a year ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $506 | of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 6 (Hexa-Core) | |
| Threads | 12 | |
| Base clock speed | 3.5 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (Ryzen 9 7900X) |
| Boost clock speed | 5.6 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| Bus rate | 16 GT/s | |
| L1 cache | 80 KB (per core) | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 1.25 MB (per core) | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 18 MB (shared) | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | Intel 7 nm | of 3 nm (Core Ultra 9 285K) |
| Die size | 163 mm2 | |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | of 110 °C (Core Ultra 9 185H) |
| 64 bit support | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E-2486 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 | of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H) |
| Socket | FCLGA1700 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | of 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon E-2486. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 | |
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2 | |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | |
| Idle States | + | |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | + |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | |
| EDB | + | |
| Secure Key | + | |
| OS Guard | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-d | + | |
| VT-x | + | |
| EPT | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon E-2486's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5-4800 | |
| Maximum memory size | 128 GB | of 6 TiB (EPYC 9654) |
| Max memory channels | 2 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| ECC memory support | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Xeon E-2486.
| Integrated graphics card | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 5 | |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | of 128 (EPYC 9655P) |
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Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Xeon E-2486, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Xeon E-2486 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 2 configurations using Xeon E-2486 in our database.
