Xeon Silver 4509Y vs Platinum 8280L

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8280L and Xeon Silver 4509Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Platinumno data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$17,906$563

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8280L and Xeon Silver 4509Y 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads5616
Base clock speed2.7 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz4.1 GHz
Multiplier27no data
L1 cache1.75 MB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache28 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache38.5 MB22.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature84 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data84 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8280L and Xeon Silver 4509Y 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 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8280L and Xeon Silver 4509Y. 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++
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 Silver 4509Y 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 Silver 4509Y 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 Silver 4509Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR5 @ 4400 MT/s (1 DPC &2DPC)
Maximum memory size4.5 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 cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8280L and Xeon Silver 4509Y.

PCIe version3.05
PCI Express lanes4880

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2019 14 December 2023
Physical cores 28 8
Threads 56 16
Power consumption (TDP) 205 Watt 125 Watt

Xeon Platinum 8280L has 250% more physical cores and 250% more threads.

Xeon Silver 4509Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and 64% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Platinum 8280L and Xeon Silver 4509Y. We've got no test results to judge.


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