Intel Xeon Platinum 8358P vs Intel Xeon E5-1680 v4

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Platinum 8358P and Intel Xeon E5-1680 v4 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Platinum 8358P

  • 24 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 8
  • 48 more threads: 64 vs 16
  • Around 14% higher maximum core temperature: 80°C vs 70°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 14 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 6 TB vs 1.5 TB
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2378 vs 2322
  • 5.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 82052 vs 14218
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 32 vs 8
Number of threads 64 vs 16
Maximum core temperature 80°C vs 70°C
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size 6 TB vs 1.5 TB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2378 vs 2322
PassMark - CPU mark 82052 vs 14218

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-1680 v4

  • Around 18% higher clock speed: 4.00 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
  • Around 71% lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 240 Watt
Maximum frequency 4.00 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 Watt vs 240 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Platinum 8358P
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-1680 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2378
2322
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
82052
14218
Name Intel Xeon Platinum 8358P Intel Xeon E5-1680 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark 2378 2322
PassMark - CPU mark 82052 14218
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 4025
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 25553

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Platinum 8358P Intel Xeon E5-1680 v4

Essentials

Architecture codename Ice Lake Broadwell
Launch date 6 Apr 2021 Q2'16
Launch price (MSRP) $3950
Place in performance rating 166 170
Processor Number 8358P E5-1680V4
Series 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Status Launched Launched
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

Base frequency 2.60 GHz 3.40 GHz
L1 cache 2 MB
L2 cache 32 MB
L3 cache 48 MB
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 80°C 70°C
Maximum frequency 3.40 GHz 4.00 GHz
Number of cores 32 8
Number of threads 64 16
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 3
64 bit support
Bus Speed 0 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links 0

Memory

Max memory channels 8 4
Maximum memory size 6 TB 1.5 TB
Supported memory frequency 3200 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400
Maximum memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s

Compatibility

Package Size 77.5mm x 56.5mm 45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA4189 FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 240 Watt 140 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 64 40
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
Scalability 2S 1S Only
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology

Advanced Technologies

Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512 Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units 2
Speed Shift technology
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 46-bit
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)