Xeon Platinum 8358P vs E-2124

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E-2124 and Xeon Platinum 8358P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1346	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	16.63	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E	no data
Power efficiency	5.82	no data
Architecture codename	Coffee Lake-S (2017−2018)	Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	12 July 2018 (6 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$193	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E-2124 and Xeon Platinum 8358P 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	4 (Quad-Core)	32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads	4	64
Base clock speed	3.3 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.3 GHz	3.4 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	48 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Die size	126 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	80 °C
Number of transistors	1,400 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E-2124 and Xeon Platinum 8358P 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 (Uniprocessor)	2
Socket	FCLGA1151	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	71 Watt	240 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E-2124 and Xeon Platinum 8358P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	+	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon E-2124 and Xeon Platinum 8358P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	-
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	Yes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E-2124 and Xeon Platinum 8358P are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E-2124 and Xeon Platinum 8358P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	128 GB	6 TB
Max memory channels	2	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E-2124 and Xeon Platinum 8358P.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	16	64

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	12 July 2018	6 April 2021
Physical cores	4	32
Threads	4	64
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	71 Watt	240 Watt

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