Xeon Platinum 8558 vs Athlon MP 1600+

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon MP 1600+ and Xeon Platinum 8558 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesAMD Athlon MPno data
Architecture codenameK7 (2000−2004)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date15 October 2001 (23 years ago)14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$210$4,650

Detailed specifications

Athlon MP 1600+ and Xeon Platinum 8558 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores1 (Single-Core)48 (Octatetraconta-Core)
Threads196
Base clock speedno data2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed1.4 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeFSBno data
Bus rate266 MT/sno data
Multiplier10.5no data
L1 cache128 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache256 KB2 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data260 MB (shared)
Chip lithography180 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size128 mm22x 763 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data78 °C
Number of transistors38 Millionno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon MP 1600+ and Xeon Platinum 8558 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration2 (Multiprocessor)2
Socketno dataFCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)62.8 Watt330 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon MP 1600+ and Xeon Platinum 8558. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Athlon MP 1600+ and Xeon Platinum 8558 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon MP 1600+ and Xeon Platinum 8558 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon MP 1600+ and Xeon Platinum 8558. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5 @ 5200 MT/s (1 DPC)
Maximum memory size4 GB4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon MP 1600+ and Xeon Platinum 8558.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 October 2001 14 December 2023
Physical cores 1 48
Threads 1 96
Power consumption (TDP) 62 Watt 330 Watt

Athlon MP 1600+ has 432.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8558, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 22 years, and 4700% more physical cores and 9500% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Athlon MP 1600+ and Xeon Platinum 8558. We've got no test results to judge.


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