Xeon E-2456 vs Platinum 8471N

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8471N and Xeon E-2456 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated539
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data84.01
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiencyno data16.29
Architecture codenameSapphire Rapids (2023−2024)Raptor Lake-S (2023−2024)
Release date10 January 2023 (1 year ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$5,171$375

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8471N and Xeon E-2456 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 cores526 (Hexa-Core)
Threads10412
Base clock speed1.8 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz5.1 GHz
Bus rateno data16 GT/s
L1 cache80K (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB (per core)1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache97.5 MB18 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size4x 477 mm2163 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)76 °Cno data
64 bit support++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8471N and Xeon E-2456 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 configuration11
SocketFCLGA4677FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8471N and Xeon E-2456. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.02
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX+-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8471N and Xeon E-2456 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
SGXYes with Intel® SPSno data
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8471N and Xeon E-2456 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8471N and Xeon E-2456. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-4800, DDR5-4400DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size4 TB128 GB
Max memory channels82
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 8471N and Xeon E-2456.

PCIe version5.05
PCI Express lanes8016

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 January 2023 14 December 2023
Physical cores 52 6
Threads 104 12
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 80 Watt

Xeon Platinum 8471N has 766.7% more physical cores and 766.7% more threads.

Xeon E-2456, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 months, and 275% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Platinum 8471N and Xeon E-2456. We've got no test results to judge.


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