Intel Xeon D-2161I: specs and benchmarks
Summary
Intel started Xeon D-2161I sales 7 February 2018 at a recommended price of $962. This is a Skylake (server) architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 12 cores and 24 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3000 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is FCBGA2518 processor with a TDP of 90 Watt. It supports DDR4 memory.
Primary details
Xeon D-2161I processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Series | Intel Xeon D | |
| Architecture codename | Skylake (server) (2017−2018) | |
| Release date | 7 February 2018 (6 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $962 | of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 12 (Dodeca-Core) | |
| Threads | 24 | |
| Base clock speed | 2.2 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (Ryzen 9 7900X) |
| Boost clock speed | 3 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| Bus type | DMI 3.0 | |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | |
| Multiplier | 22 | of 42 (Core i7-7700K) |
| L1 cache | 768 KB | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 12 MB | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 16.5 MB | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | of 3 nm (Core Ultra 9 285K) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon D-2161I compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 configuration | 1 (Uniprocessor) | of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H) |
| Socket | FCBGA2518 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 90 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon D-2161I. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 | |
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| vPro | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| QuickAssist | - | |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | |
| TSX | + | |
| Idle States | + | |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | |
| EDB | + | |
| Secure Key | + | |
| MPX | + | |
| SGX | - | |
| OS Guard | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-d | + | |
| VT-x | + | |
| EPT | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon D-2161I's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | |
| Maximum memory size | 512 GB | of 6 TiB (EPYC 9654) |
| Max memory channels | 4 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 85.33 GB/s | of 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9654) |
| ECC memory support | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | of 5.0 (EPYC 9655P) |
| PCI Express lanes | 32 | of 128 (EPYC 9655P) |
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