Xeon Platinum 8368 vs Itanium 9760

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Primary details

Comparing Itanium 9760 and Xeon Platinum 8368 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated19
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiencyno data20.30
Architecture codenameno dataIce Lake-SP (2021)
Release date1 April 2017 (7 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Itanium 9760 and Xeon Platinum 8368 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)38
Threads1676
Base clock speed2.66 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speedno data3.4 GHz
Bus rate6.4 GT/sno data
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cacheno data1 MB (per core)
L3 cache32 MB57 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature95 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data83 °C
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Itanium 9760 and Xeon Platinum 8368 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 configurationno data2
SocketLGA1248FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)170 Watt270 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Itanium 9760 and Xeon Platinum 8368. 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)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Itanium 9760 and Xeon Platinum 8368 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Itanium 9760 and Xeon Platinum 8368 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
VT-i+no data
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Itanium 9760 and Xeon Platinum 8368. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-3200
Maximum memory sizeno data6 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Itanium 9760 and Xeon Platinum 8368.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data64

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2017 6 April 2021
Physical cores 8 38
Threads 16 76
Chip lithography 32 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 270 Watt

Itanium 9760 has 58.8% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8368, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, 375% more physical cores and 375% more threads, and a 220% more advanced lithography process.

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