Intel Xeon Platinum 8124M Review

Meet the Xeon Platinum 8124M! This Server processor is a standout in Intel's high-end lineup. Unveiled in 2017, it comes with 18 cores and 36 threads. It operates at a base clock speed of 3GHz, can ramp up to 3GHz, and has a power draw of 165W, ready to take your gaming experience to the next level. The Xeon Platinum 8124M is crafted using the formidable Skylake (server) 14nm process and is a part of the prestigious Xeon Platinum series.

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8124M is another epic drop from Team Intel, cranking things up in the neverending Intel vs AMD CPU war. But hey, core count ain't everything, especially for playing the hottest PC games. Single-core performance gotta be on point too.

Can the Intel Xeon Platinum 8124M finally dethrone the king of mainstream CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 2950X? It's a maybe. The Xeon Platinum 8124M doesn't quite reach the same single-core performance as its rival, but more games are starting to use all those threads, so who cares!

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8124M is an absolute monster, just like its 18 cores, 36 threads, and hefty price tag suggest. This is the top dog of mainstream processors, the king you've been waiting for. Games, video editing, 3D work – the Xeon Platinum 8124M handles it all with ease. Bow down to the king!

The Xeon Platinum 8124M sits just below the mighty Xeon Platinum 8173M with its fancy 14nm compute die and beefy 28 cores and 56 threads. While the Xeon Platinum 8173M might seem like the obvious winner, Intel has done some magic to keep the Xeon Platinum 8124M's single compute die design efficient. Plus, the higher TDP allows for more aggressive boost clocks. This means the Xeon Platinum 8124M could actually compete with the Xeon Platinum 8173M in some games – who knew?

The high number of threads (over 7!) in the Intel Xeon Platinum 8124M makes it a monster for tasks that use all the cores at once (multi-threaded workloads), especially for the price. If you edit a lot of videos or work with giant spreadsheets, the Xeon Platinum 8124M will give you a noticeable performance boost.

For gamers, both the Ryzen Threadripper 2950X and Xeon Platinum 8124M are great choices. They're neck and neck, with a slight edge to the AMD CPU if you don't overclock it. The Xeon Platinum 8124M's base performance can be achieved with cheaper RAM (around $90), whereas the Ryzen Threadripper 2950X needs faster RAM ($110-$120) to hit the frame rates we showed. The price difference is small though, and with anything less than an RTX 2070 or Vega 64 graphics card, your GPU will bottleneck your performance anyway. BottleneckAtPlay

Can you game on Intel's Xeon Platinum CPU? Absolutely! We got a solid 82% score in our gaming benchmarks.

The Xeon Platinum 8124M is a great choice for both gaming and content creation, thanks to its high performance (1.02%) and at least 12 threads. Live streaming, eSports, and uploading gameplay videos are becoming increasingly popular, and this CPU can handle it all.

More cores, more power! The Xeon Platinum 8124M's 18 cores outperform everything AMD throws at it, including both the competitor's closest rival and a higher-end model.

Building on the success of mainstream Xeon Platinum CPUs, Intel is now attacking the high-end market with the Xeon Platinum 8124M processors, available since n/d.