Xeon Platinum 8124 vs W3520

Primary details

Comparing Xeon W3520 and Xeon Platinum 8124 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2004	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.32	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	Intel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency	1.34	no data
Architecture codename	Bloomfield (2008−2010)	Skylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date	30 March 2009 (15 years ago)	no data
Launch price (MSRP)	$404	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon W3520 and Xeon Platinum 8124 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	4 (Quad-Core)	18 (Octadeca-Core)
Threads	8	36
Base clock speed	2.66 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.93 GHz	3 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	30
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	1.125 MB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	18 MB
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	24.75 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Die size	263 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	68 °C	no data
Number of transistors	731 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W3520 and Xeon Platinum 8124 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	1	8 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA1366	Socket P
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	240 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W3520 and Xeon Platinum 8124. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	no data
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	36 Bit	no data

Security technologies

Xeon W3520 and Xeon Platinum 8124 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W3520 and Xeon Platinum 8124 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W3520 and Xeon Platinum 8124. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size	24 GB	768 GB
Max memory channels	3	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W3520 and Xeon Platinum 8124.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	48

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	4	18
Threads	8	36
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	240 Watt

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