Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 vs Intel Core i9-11900H

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i9-11900H
Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 Intel Core i9-11900H

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 and the Intel Core i9-11900H and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 52 core processor released in Q1/2023 with the Intel Core i9-11900H which has 8 CPU cores and was introduced in Q2/2021.
Intel Xeon Platinum (89) Family Intel Core i9 (78)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8400 (18) CPU group Intel Core i 11000H (17)
4 Generation 11
Sapphire Rapids Architecture Tiger Lake H
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Core i9-12900H

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 is a 52 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.00 GHz (3.80 GHz). The processor can compute 104 threads at the same time. The Intel Core i9-11900H clocks with 2.50 GHz (4.90 GHz), has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 Characteristic Intel Core i9-11900H
52 Cores 8
104 Threads 16
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz Frequency 2.50 GHz
3.80 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.90 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.60 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 Characteristic Intel Core i9-11900H
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

no iGPU GPU Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (32 EU)
GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.45 GHz
-- GPU Generation 11
Technology 10 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 32
-- Shader 256
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 64 GB
-- DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

no iGPU GPU Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (32 EU)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 Decode
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to 4096 GB of memory in a maximum of 8 memory channels is supported by the Intel Xeon Platinum 8470, while the Intel Core i9-11900H supports a maximum of 128 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s enabled.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 Characteristic Intel Core i9-11900H
DDR5-4400, DDR5-4800 Memory DDR4-3200
4096 GB Max. Memory 128 GB
8 (Octa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
307.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
105.00 MB L3 Cache 24.00 MB
5.0 PCIe version 4.0
80 PCIe lanes 20
315.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 has a TDP of 350 W. The TDP of the Intel Core i9-11900H is 45 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 Characteristic Intel Core i9-11900H
350 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 45 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 35 W
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 has 105.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 10 nm. The cache of Intel Core i9-11900H is at 24.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 10 nm.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 Characteristic Intel Core i9-11900H
10 nm Technology 10 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
LGA 4677 Socket BGA 1787
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2023 Release date Q2/2021
9359 $ Release price 546 $
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Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 Intel Xeon Platinum 8470
52C 104T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-11900H Intel Core i9-11900H
8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz
1540 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 Intel Xeon Platinum 8470
52C 104T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-11900H Intel Core i9-11900H
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
12345 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 Intel Xeon Platinum 8470
52C 104T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-11900H Intel Core i9-11900H
8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz
1599 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 Intel Xeon Platinum 8470
52C 104T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-11900H Intel Core i9-11900H
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
9436 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 Intel Xeon Platinum 8470
52C 104T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-11900H Intel Core i9-11900H
8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz
2040 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 Intel Xeon Platinum 8470
52C 104T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-11900H Intel Core i9-11900H
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
8451 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 Intel Xeon Platinum 8470
52C 104T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-11900H Intel Core i9-11900H
8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz
599 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 Intel Xeon Platinum 8470
52C 104T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-11900H Intel Core i9-11900H
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
5342 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 Intel Xeon Platinum 8470
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-11900H Intel Core i9-11900H
Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (32 EU) @ 1.45 GHz
742 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 Intel Xeon Platinum 8470
52C 104T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-11900H Intel Core i9-11900H
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
184 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 Intel Xeon Platinum 8470
52C 104T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-11900H Intel Core i9-11900H
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
21125 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 Intel Xeon Platinum 8470
52C 104T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-11900H Intel Core i9-11900H
8C 16T @ 2.50 GHz
5099 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 Intel Core i9-11900H
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