Essentials
Product Collection
Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
Code Name
Products formerly Skylake
Vertical Segment
Server
Processor Number 
8168
Lithography 
14 nm
CPU Specifications
Total Cores 
24
Total Threads 
48
Max Turbo Frequency 
3.70 GHz
Processor Base Frequency 
2.70 GHz
Cache 
33 MB L3 Cache
Max # of UPI Links 
3
TDP 
205 W
Supplemental Information
Marketing Status
Discontinued
Launch Date 
Q3'17
Servicing Status 
ESU Notification Issued
End of Servicing Updates Date 
Sunday, December 31, 2023
End of Interactive Support Date 
Sunday, December 31, 2023
Embedded Options Available 
No
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Memory Specifications
Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type) 
768 GB
Memory Types 
DDR4-2666
Maximum Memory Speed
2666 MHz
Max # of Memory Channels 
6
ECC Memory Supported ‡ 
Yes
Expansion Options
Scalability
S8S
PCI Express Revision 
3.0
Max # of PCI Express Lanes 
48
Package Specifications
Sockets Supported 
FCLGA3647
TCASE 
85°C
Package Size
76.0mm x 56.5mm
Advanced Technologies
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported ‡ 
No
Intel® Speed Shift Technology 
Yes
Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0 ‡ 
No
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡ 
2.0
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡ 
Yes
Intel® Transactional Synchronization Extensions 
Yes
Intel® 64 ‡ 
Yes
Instruction Set Extensions 
Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
# of AVX-512 FMA Units 
2
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology 
Yes
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD) 
Yes
Security & Reliability
Intel vPro® Eligibility ‡ 
Intel vPro® Platform
Intel® AES New Instructions 
Yes
Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡ 
Yes
Execute Disable Bit ‡ 
Yes
Intel® Run Sure Technology 
Yes
Mode-based Execute Control (MBEC) 
Yes
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) ‡ 
Yes
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) ‡ 
Yes
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT) ‡ 
Yes