Ryzen 3 8300G vs Xeon Platinum 8260L

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8260L and Ryzen 3 8300G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated854
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data32.47
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Xeon Platinumno data
Power efficiencyno data13.12
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Phoenix2 (2024)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$12,599$176

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8260L and Ryzen 3 8300G 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 cores24 (Tetracosa-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads488
Base clock speed2.4 GHz3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz4.9 GHz
Multiplier24no data
L1 cache1.5 MB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache24 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache35.75 MB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm4 nm
Die sizeno data137 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data20,900 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8260L and Ryzen 3 8300G 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)1
SocketFCLGA3647AM5
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8260L and Ryzen 3 8300G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Precision Boost 2no data+
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8260L and Ryzen 3 8300G technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8260L and Ryzen 3 8300G are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8260L and Ryzen 3 8300G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR5
Maximum memory size4.5 TBno data
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth140.8 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon 740M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8260L and Ryzen 3 8300G.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes4814

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2019 8 January 2024
Physical cores 24 4
Threads 48 8
Chip lithography 14 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 65 Watt

Xeon Platinum 8260L has 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads.

Ryzen 3 8300G, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 153.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Platinum 8260L and Ryzen 3 8300G. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Platinum 8260L is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 3 8300G is a desktop one.


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