Pentium 8500 vs Xeon Platinum 8360Y

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8360Y and Pentium 8500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	112	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Alder Lake-M
Power efficiency	12.89	no data
Architecture codename	Ice Lake-SP (2021)	Alder Lake-U (2022)
Release date	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)	23 February 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8360Y and Pentium 8500 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	36	5 (Penta-Core)
Threads	72	6
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	4.4 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	80K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache	54 MB (shared)	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	10 nm	Intel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	80 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8360Y and Pentium 8500 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	2	1
Socket	FCLGA4189	Intel BGA 1781
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	9 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8360Y and Pentium 8500. 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	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	-
Deep Learning Boost	+	+

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8360Y and Pentium 8500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8360Y and Pentium 8500 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8360Y and Pentium 8500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	DDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory size	6 TB	64 GB
Max memory channels	8	2
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	Intel® UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	800 MHz
Execution Units	no data	48

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon Platinum 8360Y and Pentium 8500 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon Platinum 8360Y and Pentium 8500 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP	no data	4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon Platinum 8360Y and Pentium 8500 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	12.1
OpenGL	no data	4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8360Y and Pentium 8500.

PCIe version	4.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	64	14

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	6 April 2021	23 February 2022
Physical cores	36	5
Threads	72	6
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	9 Watt

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