Intel Xeon Platinum 8176F: specs and benchmarks

Summary

Intel started Xeon Platinum 8176F sales 11 July 2017. This is a Skylake (server) architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 28 cores and 56 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3800 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA3647 processor with a TDP of 173 Watt. It supports DDR4-2666 memory.

Primary details

Xeon Platinum 8176F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Market segment	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Platinum
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date	11 July 2017 (7 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores	28 (Octacosa-Core)
Threads	56
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed	3.8 GHz	of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
Multiplier	21	of 42 (Core i7-7700K)
L1 cache	1.75 MB	of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache	28 MB	of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache	38.5 MB	of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography	14 nm	of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Maximum core temperature	87 °C	of 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950)
64 bit support	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8176F compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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	8 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	173 Watt	of 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8176F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+
AVX	+
vPro	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+
Speed Shift	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+
TSX	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+
EDB	+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d	+
VT-x	+
EPT	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8176F's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size	768 GB	of 6 TiB (EPYC 9124)
Max memory channels	6	of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth	128.001 GB/s	of 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124)
ECC memory support	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version	3.0	of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes	48	of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon Platinum 8176F. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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