Xeon Platinum 8280M vs W-2140B

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon W-2140B and Xeon Platinum 8280M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking720not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon WIntel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency8.60no data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Cascade Lake-SP (2018)
Release date21 December 2017 (7 years ago)11 December 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$13,012

Detailed specifications

Xeon W-2140B and Xeon Platinum 8280M 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 speed3.2 GHz2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier3227
L1 cache64K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache11 MB (shared)38.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size484 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data84 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)70 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data8,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W-2140B and Xeon Platinum 8280M 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)8 (Multiprocessor)
Socket2066FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-2140B and Xeon Platinum 8280M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon W-2140B and Xeon Platinum 8280M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W-2140B and Xeon Platinum 8280M are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W-2140B and Xeon Platinum 8280M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size512 GB2 TB
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidth85.33 GB/s140.8 GB/s
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 W-2140B and Xeon Platinum 8280M.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 December 2017 11 December 2018
Physical cores 8 28
Threads 16 56
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 205 Watt

Xeon W-2140B has 70.8% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8280M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 months, and 250% more physical cores and 250% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Xeon W-2140B and Xeon Platinum 8280M. We've got no test results to judge.


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