i7-10885H vs Xeon Platinum 8170M

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon Platinum	no data
Designer	Intel	Intel
Manufacturer	no data	Intel
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2018)	Comet Lake-H (2020)
Release date	25 April 2017 (8 years ago)	2 April 2020 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$10,409	no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8170M and Core i7-10885H 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	26 (Hexacosa-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	52	16
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	5.3 GHz
Multiplier	21	no data
L1 cache	1.625 MB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	26 MB	256K (per core)
L3 cache	35.75 MB	12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	89 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	72 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8170M and Core i7-10885H 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)	1
Socket	FCLGA3647	Intel BGA1440
Power consumption (TDP)	165 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8170M and Core i7-10885H. 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	+	no data
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

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8170M and Core i7-10885H 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 8170M and Core i7-10885H are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8170M and Core i7-10885H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	no data
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	128.001 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Intel UHD Graphics

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8170M and Core i7-10885H.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	16

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	25 April 2017	2 April 2020
Physical cores	26	8
Threads	52	16
Power consumption (TDP)	165 Watt	45 Watt

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