Intel Xeon Platinum 8253: specs and benchmarks

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Xeon Platinum 8253
2018
16 cores / 32 threads, 125 Watt
18.44

Xeon Platinum 8253 provides good benchmark performance at 18.44% of a leader's which is a 96-core Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.

Summary

Intel started Xeon Platinum 8253 sales 11 December 2018 at a recommended price of $3,115. This is a Cascade Lake-SP architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 16 cores and 32 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3000 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA3647 processor with a TDP of 125 Watt and a maximum temperature of 87 °C. It supports DDR4-2933 memory.

Primary details

Xeon Platinum 8253 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking338
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation8.48
Market segmentServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency13.42of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U)
Architecture codenameCascade Lake-SP (2018)
Release date11 December 2018 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,115of 17,906 (tray) (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads32
Base clock speed2.2 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed3 GHzof 50 MHz (i486DX-50)
Multiplier22of 42 (Core i7-7700K)
L1 cache64 KB (per core)of 7475.2 KB (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)of 86016 KB (EPYC 9634)
L3 cache22 MB (shared)of 1179648 KB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography14 nmof 0.18 µm (K6-2E+/350AUZ)
Maximum core temperature87 °Cof 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950)
Maximum case temperature (TCase)87 °Cof 105 °C (Core i7-5950HQ)
Number of transistors8,000 millionof 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8253 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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)
SocketFCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)125 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8253. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI+
AVX+
vPro+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Speed Shift+
Turbo Boost Technology2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology+
TSX+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-
Deep Learning Boost+

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+
EDB+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d+
VT-x+
EPT+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8253's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933
Maximum memory size1 TBof 6 TiB (EPYC 9124)
Max memory channels6of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth140.8 GB/sof 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124)
ECC memory support+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Xeon Platinum 8253.

Integrated graphics cardN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version3.0of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes48of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon Platinum 8253. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


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.

Xeon Platinum 8253 18.44

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.

Xeon Platinum 8253 28165

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Xeon Platinum 8253's performance relative to its closest rivals among server CPUs.


Xeon D-2795NT 101.08
Xeon Platinum 8253 100
Xeon W-2191B 99.73
Xeon W-2195 99.35

Intel equivalent

According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Xeon Platinum 8253 is Xeon W-2191B, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 2 positions in our ranking.

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