Xeon Silver 4410Y vs Platinum 8160M

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8160M and Xeon Silver 4410Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	97	408
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	100.00	33.56
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Platinum	no data
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	Sapphire Rapids
Release date	25 April 2017 (7 years ago)	10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$7,704	no data
Current price	$397 (0.1x MSRP)	$738

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Platinum 8160M has 198% better value for money than Xeon Silver 4410Y.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8160M and Xeon Silver 4410Y 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	24 (Tetracosa-Core)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	48	24
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	3.9 GHz
L1 cache	1.5 MB	80K (per core)
L2 cache	24 MB	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	33 MB	30 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	Intel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	78 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	78 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8160M and Xeon Silver 4410Y 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	8 (Multiprocessor)	2
Socket	FCLGA3647	FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8160M and Xeon Silver 4410Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Status	Launched	Launched

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8160M and Xeon Silver 4410Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® SPS
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8160M and Xeon Silver 4410Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8160M and Xeon Silver 4410Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR5-4000
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	4 TB
Max memory channels	6	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	128.001 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8160M and Xeon Silver 4410Y.

PCIe version	3.0	5
PCI Express lanes	48	80

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

Platinum 8160M outperforms Silver 4410Y by 118% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	34.37	15.75
Recency	25 April 2017	10 January 2023
Physical cores	24	12
Threads	48	24

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