Xeon Platinum 8165 vs 6517P

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Primary details

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Place in the ranking196not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency6.31no data
DesignerIntelIntel
Release date1 January 2025 (less than a year ago)1 October 2017 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon 6517P and Xeon Platinum 8165 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)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads3248
Base clock speed3.2 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz3.7 GHz
L3 cache72 MB33 MB
Chip lithographyIntel 3 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature79 °Cno data
64 bit support--
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon 6517P and Xeon Platinum 8165 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.

SocketFCLGA4710FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)190 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon 6517P and Xeon Platinum 8165. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
vProno data+
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon 6517P and Xeon Platinum 8165 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB+no data
SGX+no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon 6517P and Xeon Platinum 8165 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 6517P and Xeon Platinum 8165. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5(6400MT/s)DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size4 TB768 GB
Max memory channels86
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon 6517P and Xeon Platinum 8165.

PCIe version5.03.0
PCI Express lanes8848

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2025 1 October 2017
Physical cores 16 24
Threads 32 48
Power consumption (TDP) 190 Watt 205 Watt

Xeon 6517P has an age advantage of 7 years, and 7.9% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8165, on the other hand, has 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads.

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