Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 @ 2.70GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 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 8280 @ 2.70GHz

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: FCLGA3647

Clockspeed: 2.7 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.0 GHz

Cores: 28 Threads: 56

Typical TDP: 205 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 16 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 16 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 16 x 1024 KB
L3 Cache: 32 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8280 CPU @ 2.70GHz, Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 CPU @ 2.70GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2020

CPUmark/$Price: 10.64

Overall Rank:
528th fastest in multithreading out of 6046 CPUs
1712th fastest in single threading out of 6046 CPUs
331st fastest in out of 1265 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: $2,940.00 USD (2025-02-27)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

31287

Single Thread Rating

2196

Samples: 5*
*Margin for error: High

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 @ 2.70GHz

Integer Math	165,721 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	102,165 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	111 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	74,861 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	11,514 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	710,718 KBytes/Sec
Physics	1,473 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	54,190 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	2,196 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of October 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 @ 2.70GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 7th of October 2026

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th 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
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 8280 @ 2.70GHz		31,287
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8845HS		28,602
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645		27,564
Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 @ 2.60GHz		19,165
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		17,100
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		14,247
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)		11,739
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz		11,275

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		80.68
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 8280 @ 2.70GHz		10.64
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 Platinum 8280 @ 2.70GHz		2,196
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 8280 @ 2.70GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3558451 - Jul 01 2026		23477
BL3549573 - Jun 27 2026		22467
BL3349515 - Mar 14 2026 [Excluded]		11685
BL3349501 - Mar 14 2026 [Excluded]		11359
BL3348143 - Mar 13 2026 [Excluded]		11603

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 @ 2.70GHz
As of 10th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 @ 2.70GHz		31,287
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8280		32,009 (+2.3%)
Intel Xeon W-3245 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8280		31,138 (-0.5%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8176 @ 2.10GHz vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8280		29,836 (-4.6%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8180 @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8280		38,259 (+22.3%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8260 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8280		30,162 (-3.6%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6142M @ 2.60GHz vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8280		26,552 (-15.1%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6354 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8280		38,332 (+22.5%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6338T @ 2.10GHz vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8280		35,801 (+14.4%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8270 @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8280		33,602 (+7.4%)
AMD EPYC 7302 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8280		33,499 (+7.1%)
AMD EPYC 7302P vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8280		32,087 (+2.6%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6212U @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8280		30,840 (-1.4%)

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