Xeon Platinum 8156 vs Platinum 8253

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8253 and Xeon Platinum 8156 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking345not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation8.23no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon PlatinumIntel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency13.42no data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake-SP (2018)Skylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date11 December 2018 (5 years ago)25 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,115$7,007

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8253 and Xeon Platinum 8156 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads328
Base clock speed2.2 GHz3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz3.7 GHz
Multiplier2236
L1 cache64 KB (per core)256 KB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)4 MB
L3 cache22 MB (shared)16.5 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature87 °C71 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)87 °Cno data
Number of transistors8,000 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8253 and Xeon Platinum 8156 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)8 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8253 and Xeon Platinum 8156. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0--
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8253 and Xeon Platinum 8156 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8253 and Xeon Platinum 8156 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8253 and Xeon Platinum 8156. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size1 TB768 GB
Max memory channels66
Maximum memory bandwidth140.8 GB/s128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/Ano data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8253 and Xeon Platinum 8156.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 December 2018 25 April 2017
Physical cores 16 4
Threads 32 8
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 105 Watt

Xeon Platinum 8253 has an age advantage of 1 year, and 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

Xeon Platinum 8156, on the other hand, has 19% lower power consumption.

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