Xeon Platinum 8356H vs EPYC 7371

Primary details

Comparing EPYC 7371 and Xeon Platinum 8356H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking284not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.83no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesAMD EPYCno data
Power efficiency9.26no data
Architecture codenameNaples (2017−2018)Cooper Lake-SP (2021)
Release date13 November 2018 (5 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,550no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

EPYC 7371 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads3216
Base clock speed3.1 GHz3.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3.1 GHz4.4 GHz
Multiplier31no data
L1 cache1.5 MB64K (per core)
L2 cache8 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache64 MB (shared)35.75 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size213 mm2no data
Number of transistors19200 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 7371 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 configuration2 (Multiprocessor)8
SocketTR4FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt190 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 7371 and Xeon Platinum 8356H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

EPYC 7371 and Xeon Platinum 8356H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 7371 and Xeon Platinum 8356H are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by EPYC 7371 and Xeon Platinum 8356H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Eight-channelDDR4 RDIMM
Maximum memory size2 TiB1.12 TB
Max memory channels86
Maximum memory bandwidth170.671 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 7371 and Xeon Platinum 8356H.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes12848

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 November 2018 6 April 2021
Physical cores 16 8
Threads 32 16
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 190 Watt

EPYC 7371 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Xeon Platinum 8356H, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 5.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between EPYC 7371 and Xeon Platinum 8356H. We've got no test results to judge.


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