5 210H vs Xeon Platinum 9221

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 9221 and Core 5 210H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon Platinum	no data
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake-AP (2019)	Raptor Lake-H (2023−2024)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	18 December 2024 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$342

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 9221 and Core 5 210H 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	32 (Dotriaconta-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	64	12
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	4.8 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	21	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	71.5 MB (shared)	12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	72 °C
Number of transistors	8,000 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 9221 and Core 5 210H 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	1
Socket	Intel BGA5903	Intel BGA 1744
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 9221 and Core 5 210H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX-512	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	+

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 9221 and Core 5 210H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

+

+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 9221 and Core 5 210H are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 9221 and Core 5 210H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory size	2 TiB	no data
Max memory channels	12	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	281.6 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Iris Xe Graphics 48EU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 9221 and Core 5 210H.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	8

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 April 2019	18 December 2024
Physical cores	32	8
Threads	64	12
Chip lithography	14 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	45 Watt

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