Xeon Platinum 8460Y vs X5460

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon X5460 and Xeon Platinum 8460Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2085not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency1.28no data
Release date1 October 2007 (17 years ago)1 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon X5460 and Xeon Platinum 8460Y 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 coresno data40 (Tetraconta-Core)
Threadsno data80
Base clock speed3.16 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speedno data3.7 GHz
L3 cache12 MB L2 Cache105 MB
Chip lithography45 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature63 °C76 °C
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
VID voltage range0.85V-1.35Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X5460 and Xeon Platinum 8460Y 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.

SocketLGA771FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt300 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X5460 and Xeon Platinum 8460Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching+no data
FSB parity+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon X5460 and Xeon Platinum 8460Y 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 X5460 and Xeon Platinum 8460Y are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPT-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon X5460 and Xeon Platinum 8460Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon X5460 and Xeon Platinum 8460Y.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2007 1 January 2023
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 300 Watt

Xeon X5460 has 150% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8460Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 15 years.

We couldn't decide between Xeon X5460 and Xeon Platinum 8460Y. We've got no test results to judge.


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