Xeon W-3335 vs Platinum 8356H

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8356H and Xeon W-3335 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	200
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Power efficiency	no data	9.37
Architecture codename	Cooper Lake-SP (2021)	Ice Lake-W (2021)
Release date	6 April 2021 (3 years ago)	29 July 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8356H and Xeon W-3335 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	8 (Octa-Core)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	16	32
Base clock speed	3.9 GHz	3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.4 GHz	4 GHz
Bus rate	no data	8 GT/s
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	35.75 MB (shared)	24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	78 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8356H and Xeon W-3335 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	2
Socket	FCLGA4189	FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)	190 Watt	250 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8356H and Xeon W-3335. 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	Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
Deep Learning Boost	+	+

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8356H and Xeon W-3335 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+
SGX	no data	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8356H and Xeon W-3335 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8356H and Xeon W-3335. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 RDIMM	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	1.12 TB	4 TB
Max memory channels	6	8
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8356H and Xeon W-3335.

PCIe version	3.0	4
PCI Express lanes	48	64

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	6 April 2021	29 July 2021
Physical cores	8	16
Threads	16	32
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	190 Watt	250 Watt

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