Xeon Platinum 8165 vs Platinum 8168

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8168 and Xeon Platinum 8165 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking268not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.53no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Platinumno data
Power efficiency9.61no data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)no data
Release date25 April 2017 (7 years ago)1 October 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$5,890no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8168 and Xeon Platinum 8165 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 cores24 (Tetracosa-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads4848
Base clock speed2.7 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.7 GHz
Multiplier27no data
L1 cache1.5 MBno data
L2 cache24 MBno data
L3 cache33 MB33 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature85 °Cno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8168 and Xeon Platinum 8165 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)no data
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)205 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8168 and Xeon Platinum 8165. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX+-
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0--

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8168 and Xeon Platinum 8165 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8168 and Xeon Platinum 8165 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 Platinum 8168 and Xeon Platinum 8165. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size768 GB768 GB
Max memory channels66
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8168 and Xeon Platinum 8165.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 April 2017 1 October 2017

Xeon Platinum 8165 has an age advantage of 5 months.

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