Xeon Platinum 8368Q: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Platinum 8368Q provides good benchmark performance at 29.39% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.
Summary
Intel started Xeon Platinum 8368Q sales 6 April 2021. This is an Ice Lake-SP architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 38 cores and 76 threads, and is based on 10 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3700 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA4189 processor with a TDP of 270 Watt and a maximum temperature of 85 °C. It supports DDR4-3200 memory.
Primary details
Xeon Platinum 8368Q processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 147 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Power efficiency | 10.30 | of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U) |
| Architecture codename | Ice Lake-SP (2021) | |
| Release date | 6 April 2021 (3 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 | 38 | |
| Threads | 76 | |
| Base clock speed | 2.6 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (Ryzen 9 7900X) |
| Boost clock speed | 3.7 GHz | of 50 MHz (i486DX-50) |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 57 MB (shared) | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | of 3 nm (Core Ultra 9 285K) |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 85 °C | of 105 °C (Core i7-5950HQ) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Platinum 8368Q 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 | 2 | of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H) |
| Socket | FCLGA4189 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 270 Watt | of 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8368Q. 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 | + | |
| Deep Learning Boost | + |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | |
| EDB | + | |
| SGX | Yes with Intel® SPS |
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 8368Q's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-3200 | |
| Maximum memory size | 6 TB | of 6 TiB (EPYC 9654) |
| Max memory channels | 8 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| ECC memory support | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 4.0 | of 5.0 (EPYC 9655P) |
| PCI Express lanes | 64 | of 128 (EPYC 9655P) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon Platinum 8368Q. Overall benchmark performance 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.
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.
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Intel equivalent
According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Xeon Platinum 8368Q is Xeon Gold 6256, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 1 position in our ranking.
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