Xeon Platinum 8376HL vs 7120N

Primary details

Comparing Xeon 7120N and Xeon Platinum 8376HL 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
Architecture codenameTulsa (2006)Cooper Lake-SP (2021)
Release dateAugust 2006 (18 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon 7120N and Xeon Platinum 8376HL 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 cores2 (Dual-core)28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads456
Base clock speed3 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz4.3 GHz
L1 cache0 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB38.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm14 nm
Die size435 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature60 °Cno data
Number of transistors1328 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1.1V-1.35Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon 7120N and Xeon Platinum 8376HL 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 configuration18
SocketPPGA604FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon 7120N and Xeon Platinum 8376HL. 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 Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon 7120N and Xeon Platinum 8376HL technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon 7120N and Xeon Platinum 8376HL are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon 7120N and Xeon Platinum 8376HL. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2DDR4 RDIMM
Maximum memory sizeno data4.5 TB
Max memory channelsno data6
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon 7120N and Xeon Platinum 8376HL.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 28
Threads 4 56
Chip lithography 65 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 205 Watt

Xeon 7120N has 115.8% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8376HL, on the other hand, has 1300% more physical cores and 1300% more threads, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

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