Xeon Platinum 8360H vs E5-2685 v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2685 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8360H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	922	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Power efficiency	6.42	no data
Architecture codename	Haswell-EP (2014−2015)	Cooper Lake-SP (2021)
Release date	8 September 2014 (10 years ago)	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2685 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8360H 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	12 (Dodeca-Core)	24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads	12	48
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.3 GHz	4.2 GHz
Bus rate	9.6 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	30 MB (shared)	33 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Die size	356 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	no data
Number of transistors	2,600 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.65V–1.3V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2685 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8360H 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	2	8
Socket	FCLGA2011-3	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	225 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2685 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8360H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	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	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data
Deep Learning Boost	-	+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2685 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8360H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2685 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8360H are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2685 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8360H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133	DDR4 RDIMM
Maximum memory size	768 GB	1.12 TB
Max memory channels	4	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	68 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2685 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8360H.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	40	48

Pros & cons summary

---

Recency	8 September 2014	6 April 2021
Physical cores	12	24
Threads	12	48
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	225 Watt

---

Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5-2685 v3 and Xeon Platinum 8360H, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite CPU.

---