Xeon Platinum 9282 vs E5-2660 v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Xeon Platinum 9282 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	909	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	Intel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency	7.44	no data
Architecture codename	Haswell-EP (2014−2015)	Cascade Lake-AP (2019)
Release date	8 September 2014 (10 years ago)	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Xeon Platinum 9282 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	10 (Deca-Core)	56 (Hexapentaconta-Core)
Threads	20	112
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.3 GHz	3.8 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	9.6 GT/s	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	26
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	25 MB (shared)	77 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Die size	356 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	79 °C	no data
Number of transistors	2,600 million	8,000 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Xeon Platinum 9282 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	2	8
Socket	FCLGA2011	Intel BGA5903
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	400 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Xeon Platinum 9282. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	+	+
PowerNow	-	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
SIPP	-	+
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Xeon Platinum 9282 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Xeon Platinum 9282 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Xeon Platinum 9282. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	768 GB	2 TiB
Max memory channels	4	12
Maximum memory bandwidth	68 GB/s	281.6 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2660 v3 and Xeon Platinum 9282.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	40	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	8 September 2014	2 April 2019
Physical cores	10	56
Threads	20	112
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	400 Watt

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