Xeon Platinum 8276L vs Silver 4215

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon Platinum 8276L processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking832not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation13.69no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon SilverIntel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency10.12no data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$794$16,616

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon Platinum 8276L 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads1656
Base clock speed2.5 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz4 GHz
Multiplier2522
L1 cache512 KB1.75 MB
L2 cache8 MB28 MB
L3 cache11 MB38.5 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature77 °C89 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon Platinum 8276L 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 configuration2 (Multiprocessor)8 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon Platinum 8276L. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® 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--
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon Platinum 8276L technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon Platinum 8276L are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon Platinum 8276L. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size1 TB4.5 TB
Max memory channels66
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/s140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4215 and Xeon Platinum 8276L.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 8 28
Threads 16 56
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 165 Watt

Xeon Silver 4215 has 94.1% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8276L, on the other hand, has 250% more physical cores and 250% more threads.

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