Xeon Platinum 8170 vs E5-2680

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2680 and Xeon Platinum 8170 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1110not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.84no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesXeon (Desktop)Intel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency4.31no data
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge-EP (2012)Skylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date6 March 2012 (12 years ago)25 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,723$7,405

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2680 and Xeon Platinum 8170 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)26 (Hexacosa-Core)
Threads1652
Base clock speed2.7 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus rate8 GT/sno data
Multiplierno data21
L1 cache64K (per core)1.625 MB
L2 cache256K (per core)26 MB
L3 cache20 MB (shared)35.75 MB
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size435 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature85 °C89 °C
Number of transistors2,270 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2680 and Xeon Platinum 8170 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)130 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2680 and Xeon Platinum 8170. 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 Technology2.02.0
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-

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2680 and Xeon Platinum 8170 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2680 and Xeon Platinum 8170 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2680 and Xeon Platinum 8170. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size384 GB768 GB
Max memory channels46
Maximum memory bandwidth51.2 GB/s128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2680 and Xeon Platinum 8170.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4048

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 March 2012 25 April 2017
Physical cores 8 26
Threads 16 52
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 165 Watt

Xeon E5-2680 has 26.9% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8170, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, 225% more physical cores and 225% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

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