Xeon Platinum 8460Y vs Platinum 8280

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8280 and Xeon Platinum 8460Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking270not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.66no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Platinumno data
Power efficiency9.52no data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake-SP (2018)no data
Release date11 December 2018 (6 years ago)1 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$10,009no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8280 and Xeon Platinum 8460Y 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)40 (Tetraconta-Core)
Threads5680
Base clock speed2.7 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz3.7 GHz
Multiplier27no data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache1 MB (per core)no data
L3 cache38.5 MB (shared)105 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature84 °C76 °C
Number of transistors8,000 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8280 and Xeon Platinum 8460Y 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)205 Watt300 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8280 and Xeon Platinum 8460Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
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 8280 and Xeon Platinum 8460Y 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 8280 and Xeon Platinum 8460Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8280 and Xeon Platinum 8460Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size1 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 8280 and Xeon Platinum 8460Y.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes4880

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 December 2018 1 January 2023
Physical cores 28 40
Threads 56 80
Power consumption (TDP) 205 Watt 300 Watt

Xeon Platinum 8280 has 46.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8460Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and 42.9% more physical cores and 42.9% more threads.

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