Xeon Platinum 8168 vs EPYC 9684X

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Aggregate performance score

EPYC 9684X
2023
96 cores / 192 threads, 400 Watt
76.02
+265%
Xeon Platinum 8168
2017
24 cores / 48 threads, 205 Watt
20.84

EPYC 9684X outperforms Xeon Platinum 8168 by a whopping 265% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing EPYC 9684X and Xeon Platinum 8168 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking5268
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data3.53
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency17.999.62
Architecture codenameGenoa-X (2023)Skylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date13 June 2023 (1 year ago)25 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$14,756$5,890

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

EPYC 9684X and Xeon Platinum 8168 have a nearly equal value for money.

Detailed specifications

EPYC 9684X and Xeon Platinum 8168 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 cores9624 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads19248
Base clock speed2.55 GHz2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.7 GHz
Multiplierno data27
L1 cache64 KB (per core)1.5 MB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)24 MB
L3 cache1152 MB (shared)33 MB
Chip lithography5 nm14 nm
Die size12x 72 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data85 °C
Number of transistors135,240 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 9684X and Xeon Platinum 8168 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 configuration28 (Multiprocessor)
SocketSP5FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)400 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 9684X and Xeon Platinum 8168. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® 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-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

EPYC 9684X and Xeon Platinum 8168 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 9684X and Xeon Platinum 8168 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by EPYC 9684X and Xeon Platinum 8168. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR4-2666
Maximum memory sizeno data768 GB
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidthno data128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/Ano data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 9684X and Xeon Platinum 8168.

PCIe version5.03.0
PCI Express lanes12848

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

EPYC 9684X 76.02
+265%
Xeon Platinum 8168 20.84

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

EPYC 9684X 120760
+265%
Xeon Platinum 8168 33099

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

EPYC 9684X 2068
+72.8%
Xeon Platinum 8168 1197

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

EPYC 9684X 21442
+98%
Xeon Platinum 8168 10829

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 76.02 20.84
Recency 13 June 2023 25 April 2017
Physical cores 96 24
Threads 192 48
Chip lithography 5 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 400 Watt 205 Watt

EPYC 9684X has a 264.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

Xeon Platinum 8168, on the other hand, has 95.1% lower power consumption.

The EPYC 9684X is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Platinum 8168 in performance tests.


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