Xeon Platinum 8593Q: specs and benchmarks

Summary

Intel started Xeon Platinum 8593Q sales 14 December 2023 at a recommended price of $12,400. This is an Emerald Rapids architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 64 cores and 128 threads, and is based on Intel 7 manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3900 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA4677 processor with a TDP of 385 Watt and a maximum temperature of 60 °C. It supports DDR5 @ 5600 MT/s (1 DPC) memory.

Primary details

Xeon Platinum 8593Q 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
Architecture codename	Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date	14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$12,400	of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

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	64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)
Threads	128
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed	3.9 GHz	of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache	80 KB (per core)	of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache	2 MB (per core)	of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache	320 MB (shared)	of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography	Intel 7 nm	of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size	2x 763 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	60 °C	of 105 °C (Core i7-5950HQ)
64 bit support	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8593Q 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 (Opteron 842)
Socket	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	385 Watt	of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8593Q. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AMX, 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
OS Guard	+

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 8593Q's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR5 @ 5600 MT/s (1 DPC)
Maximum memory size	4 TB	of 6 TiB (EPYC 9124)
Max memory channels	8	of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
ECC memory support	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Xeon Platinum 8593Q.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version	5.0
PCI Express lanes	80	of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon Platinum 8593Q. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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