[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon Platinum 8260C @ 2.40GHz

Benchmarks for the [Dual CPU] Intel Xeon Platinum 8260C 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.

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[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon Platinum 8260C @ 2.40GHz

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: FCLGA3647

Clockspeed: 2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.9 GHz

Cores: 24^# Threads: 48^#

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

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2025

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
246th fastest in multithreading out of all multi-CPU CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

52272

Single Thread Rating

1990

Samples: 1*
*Margin for error: High

^#The number of cores/threads and TDP is per CPU. To determine the total, multiply by the total CPU count.

CPU Test Suite Average Results for [Dual CPU] Intel Xeon Platinum 8260C @ 2.40GHz

Integer Math	244,682 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	153,586 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	331 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	133,518 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	25,150 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	1,032,125 KBytes/Sec
Physics	4,968 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	79,162 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,990 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of October 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for [Dual CPU] Intel Xeon Platinum 8260C @ 2.40GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 5th of October 2026

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 5th of October 2026.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Server CPUs
As of 10th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon Platinum 8260C @ 2.40GHz		52,272
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
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8845HS		28,602
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645		27,564
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 @ 2.60GHz		19,166
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		17,102
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 10th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		80.69
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
[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon Platinum 8260C @ 2.40GHz		NA
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 10th 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
[Dual CPU] Intel Xeon Platinum 8260C @ 2.40GHz		1,990
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 1 Baselines for [Dual CPU] Intel Xeon Platinum 8260C @ 2.40GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3593944 - Jul 18 2026		52272

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Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon Platinum 8260C @ 2.40GHz
As of 10th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon Platinum 8260C @ 2.40GHz		52,272
AMD EPYC Embedded 8224P vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8260C		47,808 (-8.5%)
AMD EPYC 4565P vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8260C		63,511 (+21.5%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9945WX vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8260C		55,916 (+7.0%)
AMD EPYC 9135 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8260C		54,213 (+3.7%)
AMD EPYC 4545P vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8260C		53,504 (+2.4%)
AMD EPYC 4465P vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8260C		49,871 (-4.6%)
AMD EPYC 9115 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8260C		48,936 (-6.4%)
Intel Xeon w7-2595X vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8260C		64,397 (+23.2%)
AMD EPYC 9254 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8260C		64,001 (+22.4%)
Intel Xeon 6520P vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8260C		62,936 (+20.4%)
Intel Xeon w7-3545 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8260C		59,344 (+13.5%)
AMD EPYC 8224P vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8260C		46,052 (-11.9%)

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