Xeon Platinum 8160 vs Platinum 9221

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 9221 and Xeon Platinum 8160 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot rated290
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data7.16
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon PlatinumIntel Xeon Platinum
Architecture codenameCascade Lake-AP (2019)Skylake (server) (2017−2019)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)25 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$4,702
Current priceno data$1842 (0.4x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 9221 and Xeon Platinum 8160 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 cores32 (Dotriaconta-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads6448
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus support4 × 8 GT/sno data
L1 cache64K (per core)1.5 MB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)24 MB
L3 cache71.5 MB (shared)33 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data85 °C
Number of transistors8,000 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 9221 and Xeon Platinum 8160 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 configuration28 (Multiprocessor)
SocketIntel BGA5903FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 9221 and Xeon Platinum 8160. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® 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 3.0no data-
StatusDiscontinuedDiscontinued

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 9221 and Xeon Platinum 8160 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 9221 and Xeon Platinum 8160 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 9221 and Xeon Platinum 8160. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size2 TiB768 GB
Max memory channels126
Maximum memory bandwidth281.6 GB/s128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 9221 and Xeon Platinum 8160.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2019 25 April 2017
Physical cores 32 24
Threads 64 48
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 150 Watt

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