Xeon Platinum 8280L vs Platinum 8180M

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8180M and Xeon Platinum 8280L processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking125not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon PlatinumIntel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency14.95no data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date11 July 2017 (7 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$13,011$17,906

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8180M 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 cores28 (Octacosa-Core)28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads5656
Base clock speed2.5 GHz2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz4 GHz
Multiplier2527
L1 cache64K (per core)1.75 MB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)28 MB
L3 cache38.5 MB (shared)38.5 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature84 °C84 °C
Number of transistors8,000 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8180M 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 configuration8 (Multiprocessor)8 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)205 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8180M and Xeon Platinum 8280L. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0--
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8180M 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 Platinum 8180M 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 Platinum 8180M and Xeon Platinum 8280L. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size1.5 TB4.5 TB
Max memory channels66
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/s140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8180M and Xeon Platinum 8280L.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 July 2017 2 April 2019

Xeon Platinum 8280L has an age advantage of 1 year.

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