Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 vs Xeon Platinum 8163

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8163 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2484not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon PlatinumAMD Strix Point (Zen 5/5c, Ryzen AI 3/5/7/9)
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Strix Point-HX (Zen 5) (2024)
Release dateno data4 June 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8163 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 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)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads4824
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz5.1 GHz
Multiplier25no data
L1 cache1.5 MBno data
L2 cache24 MBno data
L3 cache33 MB36 MB
Chip lithography14 nm3 nm
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8163 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 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)no data
SocketSocket Pno data
Power consumption (TDP)no data55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8163 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataXDNA 2 NPU
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
TSX+-

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8163 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8163 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 are enumerated here.

VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8163 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666no data
Maximum memory size768 GBno data
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8163 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes48no data

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 24 12
Threads 48 24
Chip lithography 14 nm 3 nm

Xeon Platinum 8163 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Ryzen AI 9 HX 170, on the other hand, has a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Platinum 8163 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 170. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Platinum 8163 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 is a notebook one.


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