Xeon Platinum 8360Y vs Phenom II X4 955 BE

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X4 955 BE and Xeon Platinum 8360Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated112
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiencyno data12.89
Architecture codenameDeneb (2009−2011)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date23 April 2009 (15 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 955 BE and Xeon Platinum 8360Y 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)36
Threads472
Base clock speed3.2 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.5 GHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache6 MB (shared)54 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm10 nm
Die size258 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data80 °C
Number of transistors758 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 955 BE and Xeon Platinum 8360Y 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 configuration12
SocketAM3FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt250 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 955 BE and Xeon Platinum 8360Y. 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+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Phenom II X4 955 BE and Xeon Platinum 8360Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 955 BE and Xeon Platinum 8360Y 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 Phenom II X4 955 BE and Xeon Platinum 8360Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-3200
Maximum memory sizeno data6 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X4 955 BE and Xeon Platinum 8360Y.

PCIe version2.04.0
PCI Express lanesno data64

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 April 2009 6 April 2021
Physical cores 4 36
Threads 4 72
Chip lithography 45 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 250 Watt

Phenom II X4 955 BE has 100% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8360Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, 800% more physical cores and 1700% more threads, and a 350% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Phenom II X4 955 BE and Xeon Platinum 8360Y. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Phenom II X4 955 BE is a desktop processor while Xeon Platinum 8360Y is a server/workstation one.


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