i9-12900E vs Xeon Platinum 8368

Place in the ranking	20	381
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	20.31	24.44
Architecture codename	Ice Lake-SP (2021)	Alder Lake-S (2022)
Release date	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)	4 January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8368 and Core i9-12900E 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	38	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	76	24
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	5 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	80K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache	57 MB (shared)	30 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	10 nm	10 nm
Die size	no data	215 mm²
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	83 °C	72 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8368 and Core i9-12900E 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	1700
Power consumption (TDP)	270 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8368 and Core i9-12900E. 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	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	+
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8368 and Core i9-12900E technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	no data
SGX	Yes with Intel® SPS	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8368 and Core i9-12900E are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8368 and Core i9-12900E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	DDR4, DDR5 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	6 TB	no data
Max memory channels	8	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Intel UHD Graphics 770

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8368 and Core i9-12900E.

PCIe version	4.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	64	20

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon Platinum 8368 60.15
+245%

i9-12900E 17.42

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Xeon Platinum 8368 92054
+245%

i9-12900E 26666