Xeon E-2234 vs Platinum 8160F

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8160F and Xeon E-2234 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1134
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data24.41
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon PlatinumIntel Xeon E
Power efficiencyno data7.65
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Coffee Lake-S WS (2018−2019)
Release date11 July 2017 (7 years ago)29 May 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$4,856$250

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8160F and Xeon E-2234 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 cores24 (Tetracosa-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads488
Base clock speed2.1 GHz3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz4.8 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier2136
L1 cache1.5 MB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache24 MB256 KB (per core)
L3 cache33 MB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data126 mm2
Maximum core temperature87 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8160F and Xeon E-2234 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)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)160 Watt71 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8160F and Xeon E-2234. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8160F and Xeon E-2234 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8160F and Xeon E-2234 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8160F and Xeon E-2234. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size768 GB128 GB
Max memory channels62
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/s42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics P630

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon Platinum 8160F and Xeon E-2234 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no dataN/A
Max resolution over eDPno dataN/A
Max resolution over DisplayPortno dataN/A
Max resolution over VGAno dataN/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon Platinum 8160F and Xeon E-2234 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno dataN/A
OpenGLno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8160F and Xeon E-2234.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4816

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 July 2017 29 May 2019
Physical cores 24 4
Threads 48 8
Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt 71 Watt

Xeon Platinum 8160F has 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads.

Xeon E-2234, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 125.4% lower power consumption.

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