i5-10400F vs Xeon Platinum 8124

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8124 and Core i5-10400F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated926
Place by popularitynot in top-1009
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data23.95
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Xeon Platinumno data
Power efficiencyno data11.94
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Comet Lake (2020)
Release dateno data30 April 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$155

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8124 and Core i5-10400F 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 cores18 (Octadeca-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads3612
Base clock speedno data2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz4.3 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s8 GT/s
Multiplier30no data
L1 cache1.125 MB64K (per core)
L2 cache18 MB256K (per core)
L3 cache24.75 MB12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8124 and Core i5-10400F 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 configuration8 (Multiprocessor)1
SocketSocket PFCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)240 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8124 and Core i5-10400F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX+-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8124 and Core i5-10400F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8124 and Core i5-10400F are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8124 and Core i5-10400F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4
Maximum memory size768 GB128 GB
Max memory channels62
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/s41.6 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8124 and Core i5-10400F.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4816

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 18 6
Threads 36 12
Power consumption (TDP) 240 Watt 65 Watt

Xeon Platinum 8124 has 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

i5-10400F, on the other hand, has 269.2% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Platinum 8124 and Core i5-10400F. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Platinum 8124 is a server/workstation processor while Core i5-10400F is a desktop one.


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