Intel Core i7-7740X vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8160. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 7000X Intel Xeon Platinum 8100
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Intel Xeon Platinum
• Generation
  7 1
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  4.3 GHz 2.1 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 24
• CPU Threads
  8 48
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.5 GHz 3.7 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  4.3 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (24 Cores)
  - 2.6 GHz

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
  None no iGPU
• Graphics verification source
  https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000027144/processors/intel-core-processors.html -
• GPU Turbo
  - No turbo

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Xeon Platinum 8160 and Intel Core i7-7740X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  2 6
• Memory type
  DDR4-2666 DDR4-2666
• PCIe lanes
  16 48
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-7740X and Intel Xeon Platinum 8160 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  112 W 150 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-7740X and Intel Xeon Platinum 8160, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Skylake X Skylake
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
• L3-Cache
  8.00 MB 33.00 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2017 Q3/2017
• Socket
  LGA 2066 LGA 3647
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d