Xeon Gold 5317 vs Platinum 8124M

Aggregate performance score

Xeon Platinum 8124M
18 cores / 36 threads, 240 Watt
17.21
Xeon Gold 5317
2021
12 cores / 24 threads, 150 Watt
17.24
+0.2%

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8124M and Xeon Gold 5317 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking367365
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Platinumno data
Power efficiency6.7910.88
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8124M and Xeon Gold 5317 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 cores18 (Octadeca-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads3624
Base clock speedno data3 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz3.6 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier30no data
L1 cache1.125 MB64K (per core)
L2 cache18 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache24.75 MB18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data84 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8124M and Xeon Gold 5317 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 configuration8 (Multiprocessor)2
SocketSocket PFCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)240 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8124M and Xeon Gold 5317. 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++
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8124M and Xeon Gold 5317 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8124M and Xeon Gold 5317 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8124M and Xeon Gold 5317. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size1,536 GB6 TB
Max memory channels68
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8124M and Xeon Gold 5317.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes4864

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Xeon Platinum 8124M 17.21
Xeon Gold 5317 17.24
+0.2%

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.

Xeon Platinum 8124M 27336
Xeon Gold 5317 27387
+0.2%

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.

Xeon Platinum 8124M 1231
Xeon Gold 5317 1260
+2.4%

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.

Xeon Platinum 8124M 11252
+14.7%
Xeon Gold 5317 9808

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 17.21 17.24
Physical cores 18 12
Threads 36 24
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 240 Watt 150 Watt

Xeon Platinum 8124M has 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads.

Xeon Gold 5317, on the other hand, has a 0.2% higher aggregate performance score, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 60% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Xeon Platinum 8124M and Xeon Gold 5317.


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