Xeon Silver 4514Y vs Platinum 8173M
Aggregate performance score
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 388 | 391 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 56.00 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | Intel Xeon Platinum | no data |
| Power efficiency | no data | 11.10 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Skylake (server) (2017−2018) | Emerald Rapids (2023) |
| Release date | no data | 14 December 2023 (1 year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $780 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon Platinum 8173M and Xeon Silver 4514Y 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 | 28 (Octacosa-Core) | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) |
| Threads | 56 | 32 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Multiplier | 21 | no data |
| L1 cache | 1.75 MB | 80 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 28 MB | 2 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 38.5 MB | 30 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | Intel 7 nm |
| Die size | no data | 2x 763 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 79 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Platinum 8173M and Xeon Silver 4514Y 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 | Socket P | FCLGA4677 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 150 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8173M and Xeon Silver 4514Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | + | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| TSX | + | + |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Xeon Platinum 8173M and Xeon Silver 4514Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
| SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® SPS |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8173M and Xeon Silver 4514Y are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8173M and Xeon Silver 4514Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2666 | DDR5-4400 |
| Maximum memory size | 1,536 GB | 4 TB |
| Max memory channels | 6 | 8 |
| 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 | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8173M and Xeon Silver 4514Y.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| 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.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 17.47 | 17.39 |
| Physical cores | 28 | 16 |
| Threads | 56 | 32 |
Xeon Platinum 8173M has a 0.5% higher aggregate performance score, and 75% more physical cores and 75% more threads.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Intel Xeon Platinum 8173M and Intel Xeon Silver 4514Y.
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