Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8168 Processor

Key Specifications & Features of Xeon Platinum 8168

• Cores / Threads: 24 cores, 48 threads.
• Base Clock Speed: 2.70 GHz. 
• Max Turbo Frequency: Up to 3.70 GHz (single-core turbo). 
• Cache: 33 MB L3 cache (shared) + per-core L1/L2 caches. 
• Architecture / Process: 14 nm “Skylake-SP”, part of 1st gen of Xeon Scalable / Platinum-8000 series. 
• Socket: LGA 3647 — requires server/workstation-class motherboard. 
• Memory Support: Up to 768 GB DDR4-2666 across 6 memory channels, ECC memory supported.
• PCIe / I/O: PCIe 3.0 with up to 48 PCIe lanes — enough for multiple NVMe drives, network cards, GPUs/accelerators. 
• Power / Thermal Design Power (TDP): 205 W — relatively high, demanding adequate cooling and a robust PSU. 
• Instruction & Feature Support: Supports 64-bit, virtualization (VT-x, VT-d), extended instruction sets including AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, SSE4.2, AES-NI, and other enterprise features.
• Status: According to documentation, this CPU is marked as “Discontinued” / “ESU Notification Issued” (End-of-Service Updates by end of 2023) — i.e. it's legacy hardware