Xeon Platinum 8280L vs E5-2630

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2630 and Xeon Platinum 8280L processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1436not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.39no data
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency3.88no data
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge-EP (2012)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date6 March 2012 (12 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$74$17,906

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2630 and Xeon Platinum 8280L 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads1256
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz4 GHz
Bus rate7.2 GT/sno data
Multiplierno data27
L1 cache64 KB (per core)1.75 MB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)28 MB
L3 cache15360 KB (shared)38.5 MB
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size435 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature77 °C84 °C
Number of transistors2,270 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2630 and Xeon Platinum 8280L 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 configuration28 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA2011FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2630 and Xeon Platinum 8280L. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVXIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology1.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2630 and Xeon Platinum 8280L technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2630 and Xeon Platinum 8280L are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2630 and Xeon Platinum 8280L. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size384 GB4.5 TB
Max memory channels46
Maximum memory bandwidth42.6 GB/s140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2630 and Xeon Platinum 8280L.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4048

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 March 2012 2 April 2019
Physical cores 6 28
Threads 12 56
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 205 Watt

Xeon E5-2630 has 115.8% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8280L, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, 366.7% more physical cores and 366.7% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2630 and Xeon Platinum 8280L. We've got no test results to judge.


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