Xeon Silver 4210R vs Platinum 8276

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8276 and Xeon Silver 4210R processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	795
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	28.05
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Platinum	Intel Xeon Silver
Power efficiency	no data	9.01
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake-SP (2018−2019)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	24 February 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$8,719	$511

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8276 and Xeon Silver 4210R 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 cores	28 (Octacosa-Core)	10 (Deca-Core)
Threads	56	20
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	3.2 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	22	24
L1 cache	1.75 MB	640 KB
L2 cache	28 MB	10 MB
L3 cache	38.5 MB (shared)	13.75 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	89 °C	84 °C
Number of transistors	8,000 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8276 and Xeon Silver 4210R 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 configuration	8 (Multiprocessor)	no data
Socket	FCLGA3647	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	165 Watt	100 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8276 and Xeon Silver 4210R. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	-
Deep Learning Boost	+	+

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8276 and Xeon Silver 4210R 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 Silver 4210R 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 Silver 4210R. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size	1 TB	1 TB
Max memory channels	6	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	140.8 GB/s	115.212 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8276 and Xeon Silver 4210R.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	48

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 April 2019	24 February 2020
Physical cores	28	10
Threads	56	20
Power consumption (TDP)	165 Watt	100 Watt

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