Xeon Gold 5403N vs Platinum 8260M

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8260M and Xeon Gold 5403N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking255not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.95no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Platinumno data
Power efficiency12.27no data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake-SP (2018)no data
Release date11 December 2018 (6 years ago)1 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$7,705no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8260M and Xeon Gold 5403N 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)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads4824
Base clock speed2.4 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz3.9 GHz
Multiplier24no data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache1 MB (per core)no data
L3 cache35.75 MB (shared)22.5 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature90 °C85 °C
Number of transistors8,000 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8260M and Xeon Gold 5403N 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)no data
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt115 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8260M and Xeon Gold 5403N. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512, Intel® AVX
AES-NI++
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8260M and Xeon Gold 5403N technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8260M and Xeon Gold 5403N are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8260M and Xeon Gold 5403N. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR5-4000
Maximum memory size2 TB4 TB
Max memory channels68
Maximum memory bandwidth140.8 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/Ano data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8260M and Xeon Gold 5403N.

PCIe version3.04
PCI Express lanes4848

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 December 2018 1 October 2023
Physical cores 24 12
Threads 48 24
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 115 Watt

Xeon Platinum 8260M has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Xeon Gold 5403N, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and 43.5% lower power consumption.

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