Xeon Platinum 8170 vs E5-2678 v3

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8170 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking827not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesXeonIntel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency7.31no data
Architecture codenameHaswell (2013−2015)Skylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date2015 (9 years ago)25 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$7,405

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8170 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)26 (Hexacosa-Core)
Threads2452
Base clock speed2.5 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz3.7 GHz
Multiplierno data21
L1 cache384 KB1.625 MB
L2 cache3072 KB26 MB
L3 cache30 MB35.75 MB
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Die size356 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data89 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)84 °Cno data
Number of transistors5,560 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8170 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 configuration28 (Multiprocessor)
SocketLGA2011-3FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8170. 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++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8170 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8170 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8170. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR4-2666
Maximum memory sizeno data768 GB
Max memory channelsno data6
Maximum memory bandwidthno data128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2678 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8170.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4048

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 12 26
Threads 24 52
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 165 Watt

Xeon E5-2678 v3 has 37.5% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8170, on the other hand, has 116.7% more physical cores and 116.7% more threads, and a 57.1% more advanced lithography process.

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