Xeon Platinum 8571N vs i7-980X Extreme Edition

Primary details

Comparing Core i7-980X Extreme Edition and Xeon Platinum 8571N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated53
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data10.44
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesIntel Core i7EEno data
Power efficiencyno data13.58
Architecture codenameWestmere (2010−2011)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$6,839

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core i7-980X Extreme Edition and Xeon Platinum 8571N 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)52
Threads12104
Base clock speedno data2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.33 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate6.4 GT/sno data
Multiplier25no data
L1 cacheno data80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1.5 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache12 MB300 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size239 mm22x 763 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data78 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-980X Extreme Edition and Xeon Platinum 8571N 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
Socketno dataFCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt300 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-980X Extreme Edition and Xeon Platinum 8571N. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Core i7-980X Extreme Edition and Xeon Platinum 8571N technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-980X Extreme Edition and Xeon Platinum 8571N are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-980X Extreme Edition and Xeon Platinum 8571N. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5 @ 4800 MT/s (1 DPC)
Maximum memory size24 GB4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
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 Core i7-980X Extreme Edition and Xeon Platinum 8571N.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 6 52
Threads 12 104
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 300 Watt

i7-980X Extreme Edition has 130.8% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8571N, on the other hand, has 766.7% more physical cores and 766.7% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Core i7-980X Extreme Edition and Xeon Platinum 8571N. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core i7-980X Extreme Edition is a desktop processor while Xeon Platinum 8571N is a server/workstation one.


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