Xeon Platinum 8274 vs Platinum 8280M

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8280M and Xeon Platinum 8274 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Platinum	no data
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake-SP (2018)	no data
Release date	11 December 2018 (5 years ago)	1 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$13,012	no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8280M and Xeon Platinum 8274 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)	24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads	56	48
Base clock speed	2.7 GHz	3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	4 GHz
Multiplier	27	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	no data
L3 cache	38.5 MB (shared)	35.75 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	84 °C	65 °C
Number of transistors	8,000 million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8280M and Xeon Platinum 8274 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	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	205 Watt	240 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8280M and Xeon Platinum 8274. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	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 8280M and Xeon Platinum 8274 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8280M and Xeon Platinum 8274 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8280M and Xeon Platinum 8274. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	2 TB	1 TB
Max memory channels	6	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	140.8 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8280M and Xeon Platinum 8274.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	48

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	11 December 2018	1 April 2019
Physical cores	28	24
Threads	56	48
Power consumption (TDP)	205 Watt	240 Watt

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