Xeon Gold 6248R vs Platinum 8276

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8276 and Xeon Gold 6248R processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated236
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data16.76
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon PlatinumIntel Xeon Gold
Power efficiencyno data10.30
Architecture codenameCascade Lake-SP (2018)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date11 December 2018 (6 years ago)24 February 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$8,719$2,700

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8276 and Xeon Gold 6248R 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)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads5648
Base clock speed2.2 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier2230
L1 cache64 KB (per core)1.5 MB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)24 MB
L3 cache38.5 MB (shared)35.75 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature89 °C75 °C
Number of transistors8,000 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8276 and Xeon Gold 6248R 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
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8276 and Xeon Gold 6248R. 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 8276 and Xeon Gold 6248R technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8276 and Xeon Gold 6248R are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8276 and Xeon Gold 6248R. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size1 TB1 TB
Max memory channels66
Maximum memory bandwidth140.8 GB/s140.8 GB/s
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 8276 and Xeon Gold 6248R.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 December 2018 24 February 2020
Physical cores 28 24
Threads 56 48
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 205 Watt

Xeon Platinum 8276 has 16.7% more physical cores and 16.7% more threads, and 24.2% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6248R, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Platinum 8276 and Xeon Gold 6248R. We've got no test results to judge.


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