Xeon Platinum 8356H vs X5680

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon X5680 and Xeon Platinum 8356H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1366not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.41no data
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency3.14no data
Architecture codenameWestmere-EP (2010−2011)Cooper Lake-SP (2021)
Release date14 February 2010 (14 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$172no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon X5680 and Xeon Platinum 8356H 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1216
Base clock speed3.33 GHz3.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz4.4 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache12 MB (shared)35.75 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size239 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature79 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,170 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X5680 and Xeon Platinum 8356H 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 configuration28
SocketFCLGA1366,LGA1366FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt190 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X5680 and Xeon Platinum 8356H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology1.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE40 Bitno data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon X5680 and Xeon Platinum 8356H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon X5680 and Xeon Platinum 8356H are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon X5680 and Xeon Platinum 8356H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4 RDIMM
Maximum memory size288 GB1.12 TB
Max memory channels36
Maximum memory bandwidth32 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon X5680 and Xeon Platinum 8356H.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 February 2010 6 April 2021
Physical cores 6 8
Threads 12 16
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 190 Watt

Xeon X5680 has 46.2% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8356H, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

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