Xeon D-2896TER vs Platinum 8163

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8163 and Xeon D-2896TER 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 segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Platinumno data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)no data
Release dateno data1 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8163 and Xeon D-2896TER 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)20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads4840
Base clock speedno data2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz3.2 GHz
Multiplier25no data
L1 cache1.5 MBno data
L2 cache24 MBno data
L3 cache33 MB30 MB
Chip lithography14 nmno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8163 and Xeon D-2896TER 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 PFCBGA2579
Power consumption (TDP)no data110 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8163 and Xeon D-2896TER. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
QuickAssistno data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX+-
Thermal Monitoring-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8163 and Xeon D-2896TER 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 8163 and Xeon D-2896TER are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8163 and Xeon D-2896TER. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4
Maximum memory size768 GB1 TB
Max memory channels64
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8163 and Xeon D-2896TER.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes4832
USB revisionno data3.0
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data24
Number of USB portsno data4
Integrated LANno data+

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 24 20
Threads 48 40

Xeon Platinum 8163 has 20% more physical cores and 20% more threads.

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