Intel Xeon Platinum 8368 vs Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Platinum 8368 and Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3 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 8368

  • 22 more cores, run more applications at once: 38 vs 16
  • 44 more threads: 76 vs 32
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 22 nm
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 6 TB vs 768 GB
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2345 vs 1999
  • 2.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 88038 vs 30201
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 38 vs 16
Number of threads 76 vs 32
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size 6 TB vs 768 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2345 vs 1999
PassMark - CPU mark 88038 vs 30201

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3

  • Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 87.9°C vs 84°C
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 135 Watt vs 270 Watt
Maximum frequency 3.60 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
Maximum core temperature 87.9°C vs 84°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 135 Watt vs 270 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Platinum 8368
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2345
1999
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
88038
30201
Name Intel Xeon Platinum 8368 Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark 2345 1999
PassMark - CPU mark 88038 30201
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3451
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 26574

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Platinum 8368 Intel Xeon E5-2698 v3

Essentials

Architecture codename Ice Lake Haswell
Launch date 6 Apr 2021 Q3'14
Launch price (MSRP) $7214
Place in performance rating 179 169
Processor Number 8368 E5-2698V3
Series 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Status Announced

Performance

Base frequency 2.40 GHz 2.30 GHz
L1 cache 2.375 MB
L2 cache 38 MB
L3 cache 57 MB
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 84°C 87.9°C
Maximum frequency 3.40 GHz 3.60 GHz
Number of cores 38 16
Number of threads 76 32
64 bit support
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links 2
VID voltage range 0.65V–1.30V

Memory

Max memory channels 8 4
Maximum memory size 6 TB 768 GB
Supported memory frequency 3200 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4 1600/1866/2133
Maximum memory bandwidth 68 GB/s

Compatibility

Package Size 77.5mm x 56.5mm 52.5mm x 51mm
Sockets supported FCLGA4189 FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 270 Watt 135 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 64 40
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
Scalability 2S 2S
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)
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)