Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL @ 2.50GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
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Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL @ 2.50GHz

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: LGA 3647

Clockspeed: 2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.5 GHz

Cores: 24 Threads: 48

Typical TDP: 210 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 24 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 24 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 24 x 1024 KB
L3 Cache: 36 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8259CL CPU @ 2.50GHz, Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL CPU @ 2.50GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2020

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
471st fastest in multithreading out of 5788 CPUs
1950th fastest in single threading out of 5788 CPUs
303rd fastest in out of 1229 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

31403

Single Thread Rating

1948

Samples: 13*
*Margin for error: Medium

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 27,897
Thread: 1,781

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL @ 2.50GHz

Integer Math	133,417 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	78,128 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	155 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	66,660 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	16,364 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	593,746 KBytes/Sec
Physics	1,967 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	39,023 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,948 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 16th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL @ 2.50GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 10th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of February 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Server CPUs
As of 16th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		39,928
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		39,780
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745		34,826
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		34,788
Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL @ 2.50GHz		31,403
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645		27,565
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		17,233
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		14,252
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)		11,656
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz		11,328
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		10,378

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 16th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		81.31
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		73.68
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645		61.71
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745		57.60
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		39.93
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz		26.35
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		7.28
Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL @ 2.50GHz		NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		NA
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 16th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745		4,117
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645		3,954
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		2,680
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz		2,369
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		2,122
Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL @ 2.50GHz		1,948
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		1,931
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		1,780
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)		1,715
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		1,329
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		1,328

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL @ 2.50GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3275266 - Feb 09 2026 [Excluded]		24296
BL3275237 - Feb 09 2026 [Excluded]		25379
BL3263623 - Feb 04 2026 [Excluded]		25451
BL3263590 - Feb 04 2026 [Excluded]		25505
BL3236177 - Jan 23 2026 [Excluded]		2314

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL @ 2.50GHz
As of 16th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL @ 2.50GHz		31,403
AMD EPYC 7302 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL		33,499 (+6.7%)
AMD EPYC 7302P vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL		32,752 (+4.3%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL		31,037 (-1.2%)
Intel Xeon W-2295 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL		30,899 (-1.6%)
AMD EPYC 7282 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL		30,289 (-3.5%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8260 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL		30,162 (-4.0%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6248R @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL		35,434 (+12.8%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3945WX vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL		33,434 (+6.5%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6240R @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL		33,353 (+6.2%)
Intel Xeon W-3265 @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL		30,105 (-4.1%)
AMD EPYC 7571 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL		28,574 (-9.0%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6212U @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL		27,470 (-12.5%)

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