Intel Xeon Platinum 8360H 24c/48t 3.0GHz-4.2GHz 225W (CD8070604559900)

Intel Xeon Platinum 8360H — High-Frequency 3rd Gen Xeon Scalable CPU for Enterprise Databases, HPC, and Real-Time Analytics

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8360H is one of the highest-frequency processors in the 3rd Gen Xeon Scalable (Cooper Lake) lineup, designed for enterprise environments where consistent per-core performance and fast memory throughput are critical. With 24 cores, 48 threads and a 3.0 GHz base frequency, the 8360H stands apart from traditional high-core-count CPUs by prioritizing low-latency, high-clock compute — making it ideal for transaction-heavy databases, real-time financial systems, ERP workloads, complex engineering simulations and HPC clusters requiring deterministic performance.

A defining characteristic of the 8360H is its extremely strong single-thread capability within a multi-socket architecture. Many mission-critical applications — such as Oracle databases, SAP HANA, high-frequency trading systems, computational finance platforms and real-time analytics engines — depend on high IPC and sustained clock speeds. The 8360H is optimized precisely for these scenarios, providing rapid response times and better workload isolation under high concurrency.

Memory performance also plays a major role. The processor supports six DDR4 channels at up to 3200 MT/s and delivers tight memory-access latencies, which are essential for in-memory databases, caching systems, and iterative HPC solvers. This makes the 8360H a highly effective option for data platforms that require frequent memory reads and writes at predictable speed.

PCIe 3.0 connectivity brings compatibility with a broad ecosystem of accelerator cards, storage controllers and networking devices. While not as bandwidth-rich as PCIe 4.0, Cooper Lake’s architecture remains competitive in scenarios where stability, virtualization efficiency and optimized NUMA layouts matter more than raw PCIe throughput — such as enterprise virtualization clusters, database servers and legacy-dependent HPC workloads.

The processor also includes full AVX-512 support with extended math instructions that significantly accelerate scientific computing workloads. Applications including weather modeling, seismic analysis, fluid dynamics, structural mechanics, Monte-Carlo simulations and genomics pipelines can leverage these vector extensions for higher throughput and faster convergence times.

The Xeon Platinum 8360H is commonly deployed in:

• Enterprise database clusters (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MS SQL)
• SAP HANA and other large-scale in-memory platforms
• Financial modeling, risk engines and high-frequency trading analytics
• HPC clusters requiring high-clock, deterministic compute nodes
• Engineering and simulation environments relying on AVX-512 vectorization
• Multi-socket servers running virtualized workloads across dense environments

Compared to Ice Lake processors with similar core counts, the 8360H offers a substantial clock speed advantage, outperforming them in latency-sensitive and frequency-dependent workloads. This makes it one of the top choices for organizations prioritizing deterministic performance over maximum parallelism.