Intel Xeon Platinum 8260 @ 2.40GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Xeon Platinum 8260 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 8260 @ 2.40GHz

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: FCLGA3647

Clockspeed: 2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.9 GHz

Cores: 24 Threads: 48

Typical TDP: 165 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 12 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 12 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 12 x 1024 KB
L3 Cache: 36 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8260 CPU @ 2.40GHz, Intel Xeon Platinum 8260 CPU @ 2.40GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2019

CPUmark/$Price: 18.39

Overall Rank:
566th fastest in multithreading out of 6042 CPUs
2109th fastest in single threading out of 6042 CPUs
348th fastest in out of 1265 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: $1,640.00 USD (2025-01-22)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

30162

Single Thread Rating

1962

Samples: 11*
*Margin for error: Medium

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Xeon Platinum 8260 @ 2.40GHz

Integer Math	128,123 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	78,229 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	132 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	67,513 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	11,678 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	561,606 KBytes/Sec
Physics	1,890 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	39,713 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,962 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of October 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Xeon Platinum 8260 @ 2.40GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 30th of September 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 30th of September 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 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		39,780
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745		34,818
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		34,745
Intel Xeon Platinum 8260 @ 2.40GHz		30,162
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8845HS		28,602
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645		27,564
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 @ 2.60GHz		19,162
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		17,104
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		14,247
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)		11,739
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz		11,274

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		80.70
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		73.65
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645		61.71
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745		57.59
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz		26.22
Intel Xeon Platinum 8260 @ 2.40GHz		18.39
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		NA
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)		NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8845HS		NA
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 @ 2.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 7th of October 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 7 PRO 8845HS		3,764
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz		2,358
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 @ 2.60GHz		2,067
Intel Xeon Platinum 8260 @ 2.40GHz		1,962
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		1,929
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		1,782
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)		1,720
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		1,329
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		1,326

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Xeon Platinum 8260 @ 2.40GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3296466 - Feb 19 2026 [Excluded]		7453
BL3284527 - Feb 13 2026		30942
BL3284333 - Feb 13 2026		30873
BL5113114 - Feb 08 2026		32679
BL5112919 - Feb 05 2026		27614

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon Platinum 8260 @ 2.40GHz
As of 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon Platinum 8260 @ 2.40GHz		30,162
Intel Xeon Gold 6252 @ 2.10GHz vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8260		26,797 (-11.2%)
Intel Xeon W-2295 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8260		29,655 (-1.7%)
AMD EPYC 7451 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8260		26,639 (-11.7%)
Intel Xeon W-3235 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8260		25,623 (-15.1%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6248R @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8260		36,067 (+19.6%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8260		33,262 (+10.3%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8260		30,935 (+2.6%)
AMD EPYC 7302 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8260		33,499 (+11.1%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4316 @ 2.30GHz vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8260		33,379 (+10.7%)
AMD EPYC 7501 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8260		24,925 (-17.4%)
AMD EPYC 7303P vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8260		35,055 (+16.2%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5318N @ 2.10GHz vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8260		34,301 (+13.7%)

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