EPYC 9965 vs Xeon Platinum 8568Y

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8568Y and EPYC 9965 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Architecture codenameno dataTurin (2024)
Release date1 October 2023 (1 year ago)10 October 2024 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$14,813

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8568Y and EPYC 9965 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 cores48 (Octatetraconta-Core)192
Threads96384
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.25 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz3.7 GHz
L1 cacheno data80 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data1 MB (per core)
L3 cache300 MB384 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nm3 nm
Maximum core temperature81 °Cno data
64 bit support-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8568Y and EPYC 9965 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 configurationno data2
SocketFCLGA4677SP5
Power consumption (TDP)350 Watt500 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8568Y and EPYC 9965. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512no data
AES-NI++
AVX-+
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Precision Boost 2no data+
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8568Y and EPYC 9965 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
SGXYes with Intel® SPSno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8568Y and EPYC 9965 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8568Y and EPYC 9965. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5 @ 5600 MT/s (1 DPC)DDR5
Maximum memory size4 TBno data
Max memory channels8no data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8568Y and EPYC 9965.

PCIe version5.05.0
PCI Express lanes80128

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2023 10 October 2024
Physical cores 48 192
Threads 96 384
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 500 Watt

Xeon Platinum 8568Y has 42.9% lower power consumption.

EPYC 9965, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

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