Intel Xeon Platinum 8156 Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Xeon Platinum 8156 has 4 cores with 8 threads and is based on the 1. gen of the Intel Xeon Platinum series. The processor uses a mainboard with the LGA 3647 socket and was released in Q3/2017.
Intel Xeon Platinum 8156

CPU lineage

The segment in which we have classified the Intel Xeon Platinum 8156. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the Intel Xeon Platinum 8156.

Name: Intel Xeon Platinum 8156
Family: Intel Xeon Platinum (77)
CPU group: Intel Xeon Platinum 8100 (16)
Architecture: Skylake
Segment: Desktop / Server
Generation: 1
Predecessor: --
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8156 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Platinum 8156 is 3.60 GHz (3.70 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads: 4 / 8
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 4x
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 3.60 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 3.70 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores): 3.70 GHz

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to 768 GB memory in 6 (Hexa Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 128.1 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR4-2666
128.1 GB/s
Max. Memory: 768 GB
Memory channels: 6 (Hexa Channel)
ECC: Yes
PCIe: 3.0 x 48
PCIe Bandwidth: 47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 105 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 105 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: --

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8156 is made in 14 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 17.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology: 14 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: LGA 3647
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 17.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
Release date: Q3/2017
Release price: 7000 $
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

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Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 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.
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
163
Intel Core i5-8400 Intel Core i5-8400
6C 6T @ 4.00 GHz
163
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
163
Intel Xeon Platinum 8156 Intel Xeon Platinum 8156
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
162
Intel Core i5-8259U Intel Core i5-8259U
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
162
Intel Core i5-8305G Intel Core i5-8305G
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
162
Intel Xeon Platinum 8158 Intel Xeon Platinum 8158
12C 24T @ 3.70 GHz
162

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 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 Core i5-9400H Intel Core i5-9400H
4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz
834
Intel Core i7-7920HQ Intel Core i7-7920HQ
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
830
Intel Core i7-8809G Intel Core i7-8809G
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
830
Intel Xeon Platinum 8156 Intel Xeon Platinum 8156
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
827
Intel Xeon Gold 5122 Intel Xeon Gold 5122
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
827
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
821
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
821

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