Xeon Platinum 8175M vs Platinum 8168

General info

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8168 and Xeon Platinum 8175M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	217	322
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	38.64	3.30
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Platinum	Intel Xeon Platinum
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)
Release date	25 April 2017 (6 years old)	no data
Launch price (MSRP)	$5,890	no data
Current price	$435 (0.1x MSRP)	$540

Xeon Platinum 8168 has 1071% better value for money than Xeon Platinum 8175M.

Technical specs

Xeon Platinum 8168 and Xeon Platinum 8175M 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)	24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads	48	48
Base clock speed	2.7 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	2.5 GHz
L1 cache	1.5 MB	1.5 MB
L2 cache	24 MB	24 MB
L3 cache	33 MB	33 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8168 and Xeon Platinum 8175M 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)	8 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA3647	Socket P
Power consumption (TDP)	205 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8168 and Xeon Platinum 8175M. 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	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8168 and Xeon Platinum 8175M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8168 and Xeon Platinum 8175M are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8168 and Xeon Platinum 8175M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size	768 GB	1,536 GB tdp=240 Watt
Max memory channels	6	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	128.001 GB/s	128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8168 and Xeon Platinum 8175M.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	48

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 8168 outperforms Platinum 8175M by 23% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score

21.42

17.40

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