Intel Xeon 8153 класса Platinum vs Intel Itanium 9720: comparison

Comparison of Intel Xeon 8153 класса Platinum and Intel Itanium 9720: key differences and a full specification table.

Key differences

Intel Xeon 8153 класса Platinum has more cores (16 vs 4), more threads (32 vs 8), a higher base clock (2 GHz vs 1.73 GHz) and a lower TDP (125 W vs 130 W).

These are specification values: they show differences between the models but do not determine a performance winner. For a specific workload, rely on independent benchmarks.

Key specifications

ParameterIntel Xeon 8153 класса PlatinumIntel Itanium 9720
Cores / threads 16 / 32 4 / 8
Max boost clock 2.8 GHz —
L3 cache 22 MB —
TDP 125 W 130 W
Process 14 nm 32 nm

Full specification table

Differing values are highlighted. This is not a better/worse rating: numbers from different architectures are not always comparable.

Parameter Intel Xeon 8153 класса Platinum Intel Itanium 9720
General
Model 8153 9720
Codename Skylake Kittson
Segment Server Server
Product line Масштабируемые процессоры Intel Xeon Процессор Intel Itanium серии 9700
Process 14 nm 32 nm
Launch date Q3 2017 Q2 2017
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Servicing status ESU Notification Issued End of Servicing Updates
End of servicing updates 12/31/2023 —
Embedded options available No No
CPU
Cores 16 4
Threads 32 8
Multithreading (SMT/HT) Yes Yes
Base clock 2 GHz 1.73 GHz
Max boost clock 2.8 GHz —
L3 cache 22 MB —
Cache (level unspecified) — 20 MB
Bus speed — 6.4 GT/s
TDP 125 W 130 W
Turbo Boost Yes (2) Yes (2)
64-bit support Yes —
Instruction set extensions SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512 —
UPI links 3 —
Memory
Max memory size 768 GB —
Memory types DDR4 —
Memory channels 6 —
Max memory speed 2.666 GHz —
ECC memory supported Yes Yes
I/O and interfaces
PCI Express revision 3 —
PCI Express lanes 48 —
Scalability S8S —
Package and thermal
Sockets supported FCLGA3647 LGA1248
Package size 76.0mm x 56.5mm —
TJUNCTION — 95 °C
TCASE 87 °C —
Security and virtualization
Virtualization (VT-x / AMD-V) Yes Yes
Virtualization for Directed I/O (VT-d) Yes Yes
Extended Page Tables (EPT) Yes Yes
AES-NI Yes —
Execute Disable Bit Yes Yes
Intel Trusted Execution Technology Yes —
Mode-based Execute Control Yes —
vPro Eligibility Intel vPro Platform —
Technologies
Enhanced SpeedStep Yes Yes
Transactional Synchronization Extensions Yes —
Volume Management Device Yes —
Turbo Boost Max 3.0 No —
Speed Shift Technology Yes —
Optane Memory Supported No —
AVX-512 FMA units 2 —

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