Xeon Platinum 8163 vs Platinum 9242

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 9242 and Xeon Platinum 8163 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon PlatinumIntel Xeon Platinum
Architecture codenameCascade Lake-AP (2019)Skylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 9242 and Xeon Platinum 8163 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)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads9648
Base clock speed2.3 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz2.5 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier2325
L1 cache64K (per core)1.5 MB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)24 MB
L3 cache71.5 MB (shared)33 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Number of transistors8,000 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 9242 and Xeon Platinum 8163 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 configuration88 (Multiprocessor)
SocketIntel BGA5903Socket P
Power consumption (TDP)350 Wattno data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 9242 and Xeon Platinum 8163. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX-512no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX++

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 9242 and Xeon Platinum 8163 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 9242 and Xeon Platinum 8163 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 9242 and Xeon Platinum 8163. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size2 TiB768 GB
Max memory channels126
Maximum memory bandwidth281.6 GB/s128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 9242 and Xeon Platinum 8163.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 48 24
Threads 96 48

Xeon Platinum 9242 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

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