Xeon Platinum 8356H vs 7140M

Primary details

Comparing Xeon 7140M and Xeon Platinum 8356H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Architecture codename	Tulsa (2006)	Cooper Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	August 2006 (18 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon 7140M and Xeon Platinum 8356H 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	4	16
Base clock speed	3.4 GHz	3.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	4.4 GHz
L1 cache	0 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB	35.75 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	65 nm	14 nm
Die size	435 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	69 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1328 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.1V-1.35V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon 7140M and Xeon Platinum 8356H 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 configuration	1	8
Socket	PPGA604	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	190 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon 7140M and Xeon Platinum 8356H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	+	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon 7140M and Xeon Platinum 8356H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon 7140M and Xeon Platinum 8356H are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon 7140M and Xeon Platinum 8356H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR2	DDR4 RDIMM
Maximum memory size	no data	1.12 TB
Max memory channels	no data	6
ECC memory support	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon 7140M and Xeon Platinum 8356H.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	48

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	2	8
Threads	4	16
Chip lithography	65 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	190 Watt

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