Intel Xeon Platinum 8268 @ 2.90GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Xeon Platinum 8268 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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Intel Xeon Platinum 8268 @ 2.90GHz

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: FCLGA3647

Clockspeed: 2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.9 GHz

Cores: 24 Threads: 48

Typical TDP: 205 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 1024 KB
L3 Cache: 36 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8268 CPU @ 2.90GHz, Intel Xeon Platinum 8268 CPU @ 2.90GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2019

CPUmark/$Price: 5.63

Overall Rank:
476th fastest in multithreading out of 6042 CPUs
1733rd fastest in single threading out of 6042 CPUs
308th fastest in out of 1265 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: $6,005.98 USD (2020-01-23)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

33823

Single Thread Rating

2188

Samples: 12*
*Margin for error: Medium

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 31,689
Thread: 2,084

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Xeon Platinum 8268 @ 2.90GHz

Integer Math	151,445 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	93,620 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	134 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	78,270 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	13,141 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	644,837 KBytes/Sec
Physics	1,883 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	48,866 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	2,188 MOps/Sec

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

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Xeon Platinum 8268 @ 2.90GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 1st of October 2026

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 1st of October 2026.

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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 8268 @ 2.90GHz		33,823
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 8268 @ 2.90GHz		5.63
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 Platinum 8268 @ 2.90GHz		2,188
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 @ 2.60GHz		2,067
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 8268 @ 2.90GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3640522 - Aug 10 2026		28294
BL3600466 - Jul 22 2026 [Excluded]		2611
BL3488822 - May 25 2026		20241
BL3182911 - Jan 02 2026		38313
BL3182874 - Jan 02 2026		38379

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon Platinum 8268 @ 2.90GHz
As of 7th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon Platinum 8268 @ 2.90GHz		33,823
Intel Xeon W-3265 @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8268		30,105 (-11.0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2699A v4 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8268		26,758 (-20.9%)
Intel Xeon W-3275M @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8268		39,968 (+18.2%)
Intel Xeon W-3265M @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8268		36,104 (+6.7%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8268		30,935 (-8.5%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6212U @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8268		30,840 (-8.8%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6338N @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8268		42,086 (+24.4%)
Intel Xeon W-3275 @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8268		39,449 (+16.6%)
AMD EPYC 7302P vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8268		32,087 (-5.1%)
AMD EPYC 7371 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8268		30,830 (-8.8%)
AMD EPYC 7282 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8268		30,359 (-10.2%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8260 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8268		30,162 (-10.8%)

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