Xeon Platinum 8468V vs E5205

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5205 and Xeon Platinum 8468V processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2848not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency0.77no data
Architecture codenameno dataSapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date1 October 2007 (17 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$7,121

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5205 and Xeon Platinum 8468V 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 coresno data48 (Octatetraconta-Core)
Threadsno data96
Base clock speed1.86 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speedno data3.8 GHz
L1 cacheno data80K (per core)
L2 cacheno data2 MB (per core)
L3 cache6 MB L2 Cache97.5 MB
Chip lithography45 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data4x 477 mm2
Maximum core temperature66 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data77 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
VID voltage range0.95V-1.212Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5205 and Xeon Platinum 8468V 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
SocketLGA771FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt330 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5205 and Xeon Platinum 8468V. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
FSB parity-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon E5205 and Xeon Platinum 8468V technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5205 and Xeon Platinum 8468V are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5205 and Xeon Platinum 8468V. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5205 and Xeon Platinum 8468V.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2007 10 January 2023
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 330 Watt

Xeon E5205 has 407.7% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8468V, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 15 years.

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