Xeon Gold 5416S vs Platinum 8280L

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8280L and Xeon Gold 5416S processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated232
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data63.97
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Platinumno data
Power efficiencyno data14.29
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$17,906$944

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8280L and Xeon Gold 5416S 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)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads5632
Base clock speed2.7 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz4 GHz
Multiplier27no data
L1 cache1.75 MB80K (per core)
L2 cache28 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache38.5 MB30 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature84 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data79 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8280L and Xeon Gold 5416S 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)2
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)205 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8280L and Xeon Gold 5416S. 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)++
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 8280L and Xeon Gold 5416S 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 8280L and Xeon Gold 5416S are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8280L and Xeon Gold 5416S. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size4.5 TB4 TB
Max memory channels68
Maximum memory bandwidth140.8 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8280L and Xeon Gold 5416S.

PCIe version3.05
PCI Express lanes4880

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2019 10 January 2023
Physical cores 28 16
Threads 56 32
Power consumption (TDP) 205 Watt 150 Watt

Xeon Platinum 8280L has 75% more physical cores and 75% more threads.

Xeon Gold 5416S, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and 36.7% lower power consumption.

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