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Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 vs Intel Core i9-9900X. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q3/2017
Intel Xeon Platinum 8168
Intel Xeon Platinum 8168
Released
Q4/2018
Overall score
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Intel Core i9-9900X
Intel Core i9-9900X

What's the best choice Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 or Intel Core i9-9900X? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 has a maximum frequency of 2.70 GHz. 24 Cores. Power consumption of 205 W. Released in Q3/2017.

Intel Core i9-9900X has a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. 10 Cores. Power consumption of 165 W. Released in Q4/2018.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    160 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    14 times more cores

    24 left arrow 10

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    347 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    22 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    123 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    7 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    381 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    5 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    116 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    288 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 23% better clock speed

    3.50 GHz left arrow 2.70 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 18 % better overclocked clock speed

    4.50 GHz left arrow 3.70 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    About 0.8 times less performance per watt

    165 W left arrow 205 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i9-9900X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    224 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    123 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    138 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    134 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    408 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    208 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    151 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    189 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    131 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 Intel Xeon Platinum 8168
Intel Core i9-9900X Intel Core i9-9900X
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    Intel Xeon Platinum left arrow Intel Core i9
  • Generation
    1 left arrow 9
  • CPU group
    Intel Xeon Platinum 8100 left arrow Intel Core i 9000X
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    2.70 GHz left arrow 3.50 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    24 left arrow 10
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    3.70 GHz left arrow 4.50 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    48 left arrow 20
  • Hyperthreading
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-9900X and Intel Xeon Platinum 8168. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-2666 left arrow DDR4-2666
  • Max. Memory
    left arrow 128 GB
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    6 left arrow 4
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 3.0
  • PCIe lanes
    48 left arrow 44
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 and Intel Core i9-9900X to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    205 W left arrow 165 W
  • Tjunction max.
    -- left arrow 92 °C
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 and Intel Xeon Platinum 8168, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
  • L3-Cache
    33.00 MB left arrow 19.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Skylake left arrow Skylake X Refresh
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Socket
    LGA 3647 left arrow LGA 2066
  • Release date
    Q3/2017 left arrow Q4/2018

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 and Intel Core i9-9900X.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
161
Intel Xeon Platinum 8168
197
Intel Core i9-9900X
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
4002
Intel Xeon Platinum 8168
2114
Intel Core i9-9900X
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks
29131
Intel Xeon Platinum 8168
23000
Intel Core i9-9900X

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