Xeon Platinum 9221: specs and benchmarks

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Summary

Intel started Xeon Platinum 9221 sales 2 April 2019. This is a Cascade Lake-AP architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 32 cores and 64 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3700 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is Intel BGA5903 processor with a TDP of 250 Watt. It supports DDR4-2933 memory.

Primary details

Xeon Platinum 9221 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

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Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Platinum
Architecture codenameCascade Lake-AP (2019)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)

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 cores32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads64
Base clock speed2.3 GHzof 4.7 GHz (Ryzen 9 7900X)
Boost clock speed3.7 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
Bus typeDMI 3.0
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier21of 42 (Core i7-7700K)
L1 cache64K (per core)of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache71.5 MB (shared)of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography14 nmof 3 nm (Core Ultra 9 285K)
Number of transistors8,000 millionof 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 9221 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
SocketIntel BGA5903
Power consumption (TDP)250 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 9221. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX-512
AES-NI+
AVX+
vPro+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Speed Shift+
Turbo Boost Technology2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology+
TSX+

Security technologies

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

TXT+

Virtualization technologies

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

VT-d+
VT-x+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 9221's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933
Maximum memory size2 TiBof 6 TiB (EPYC 9654)
Max memory channels12
Maximum memory bandwidth281.6 GB/sof 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9654)
ECC memory support+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version3.0of 5.0 (EPYC 9655P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon Platinum 9221. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



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