Xeon Platinum 8362 vs 6521P

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon 6521P
2025
24 cores / 48 threads, 225 Watt
36.06
+2.1%
Xeon Platinum 8362
2021
32 cores / 64 threads, 265 Watt
35.32

Xeon 6521P outperforms Xeon Platinum 8362 by a minimal 2% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking120131
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency15.4612.86
DesignerIntelIntel
Manufacturerno dataIntel
Architecture codenameno dataIce Lake-SP (2021)
Release date1 January 2025 (less than a year ago)6 April 2021 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon 6521P and Xeon Platinum 8362 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 cores24 (Tetracosa-Core)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads4864
Base clock speed2.6 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed4.1 GHz3.6 GHz
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cacheno data1 MB (per core)
L3 cache144 MB48 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyIntel 3 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature82 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data81 °C
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon 6521P and Xeon Platinum 8362 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 configurationno data2
SocketFCLGA4710FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt265 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon 6521P and Xeon Platinum 8362. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512, Intel® AMXIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Xeon 6521P and Xeon Platinum 8362 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGX+Yes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon 6521P and Xeon Platinum 8362 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon 6521P and Xeon Platinum 8362. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5(6400MT/s)DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size4 TB6 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon 6521P and Xeon Platinum 8362.

PCIe version5.04.0
PCI Express lanes13664

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating.

Xeon 6521P 36.06
+2.1%
Xeon Platinum 8362 35.32

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.

Xeon 6521P 57970
+2.1%
Xeon Platinum 8362 56787

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 36.06 35.32
Recency 1 January 2025 6 April 2021
Physical cores 24 32
Threads 48 64
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 265 Watt

Xeon 6521P has a 2.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and 17.8% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8362, on the other hand, has 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Intel Xeon 6521P and Intel Xeon Platinum 8362.

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