CPUServerReleased Sep 1, 2020

Intel Xeon Platinum 8356H

8C/16T · 4.4 GHz · 190 W

The Xeon Platinum 8356H is a high-frequency server processor from Intel's 3rd Generation Xeon Scalable (Cooper Lake) family, launched in the third quarter of 2020 for demanding in-memory database and high-performance computing workloads. It packs 8 cores and 16 threads clocked at a 3.9 GHz base frequency with turbo speeds up to 4.4 GHz, backed by 8MB of L2 and 35.75MB of shared L3 cache and six channels of DDR4 memory across configurations of up to eight sockets. Built on Intel's 14nm process in the FCLGA4189 package, it targets workloads that prize single-thread performance alongside enterprise-class reliability and memory capacity.

General

Manufacturer
Intel
Model
Intel Xeon Platinum 8356H
Segment
Server
Generation
3rd Gen Xeon Scalable (Cooper Lake)
Codename
Cooper Lake
Architecture
x86_64
Microarchitecture
Cooper Lake
Release date
Sep 1, 2020
Price

Cores & clocks

Cores / threads
8 cores / 16 threads
Base clock
3.90 GHz
Boost clock
4.40 GHz
TDP (design W)
190 W
Unlocked
✕ No
L2 cache
8 MB
L3 cache
35.8 MB
Technology (nm)
14 nm
14 nm

Platform

Socket
FCLGA4189
2-CPU (multi-socket)
✕ No
Integrated GPU
None
Memory type
DDR4-2933
6-channel
Memory size
—
ECC memory
✓ Yes
PCIe
PCIe 3.0 (48 lanes)

Instructions & AI

Instruction extensions
SSE4.2AVXAVX2AVX-512 (2x AVX-512 FMA units)VT-xVT-d
NPU
None

OS support

Windows
Windows 10Windows 11 24H2Windows 11 25H2Windows 11 26H2
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