Xeon Platinum 8160 vs E-2124
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Platinum 8160 outperforms Xeon E-2124 by a whopping 319% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1594 | 458 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 2.48 | 0.89 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | Intel Xeon E | Intel Xeon Platinum |
| Power efficiency | 5.84 | 11.75 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | Intel | no data |
| Architecture codename | Coffee Lake-S (2017−2018) | Skylake (server) (2017−2018) |
| Release date | 31 May 2018 (7 years ago) | 25 April 2017 (8 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $193 | $4,702 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon E-2124 has 179% better value for money than Xeon Platinum 8160.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon E-2124 and Xeon Platinum 8160 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 cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | 24 (Tetracosa-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 48 |
| Base clock speed | 3.3 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.3 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 3.0 | no data |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | no data | 21 |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 1.5 MB |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | 24 MB |
| L3 cache | 8 MB (shared) | 33 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 126 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 85 °C |
| Number of transistors | 1,400 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E-2124 and Xeon Platinum 8160 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 configuration | 1 (Uniprocessor) | 8 (Multiprocessor) |
| Socket | FCLGA1151 | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 71 Watt | 150 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E-2124 and Xeon Platinum 8160. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | + | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | + |
| TSX | + | + |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
Security technologies
Xeon E-2124 and Xeon Platinum 8160 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| MPX | + | - |
| SGX | Yes with Intel® ME | no data |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E-2124 and Xeon Platinum 8160 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E-2124 and Xeon Platinum 8160. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2666 | DDR4-2666 |
| Maximum memory size | 128 GB | 768 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 6 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 42.671 GB/s | 128.001 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E-2124 and Xeon Platinum 8160.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | 48 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 3.92 | 16.44 |
| Recency | 31 May 2018 | 25 April 2017 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 24 |
| Threads | 4 | 48 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 71 Watt | 150 Watt |
Xeon E-2124 has an age advantage of 1 year, and 111.3% lower power consumption.
Xeon Platinum 8160, on the other hand, has a 319.4% higher aggregate performance score, and 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads.
The Intel Xeon Platinum 8160 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Xeon E-2124 in performance tests.
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