Xeon w3-2525 vs 3.20

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon 3.20 and Xeon w3-2525 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3114not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency0.29no data
Architecture codenameGallatin (2003−2004)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release dateOctober 2003 (21 year ago)24 August 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$609

Detailed specifications

Xeon 3.20 and Xeon w3-2525 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores1 (Single-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads116
Base clock speedno data3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz4.5 GHz
L1 cache8 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache2 MB22.5 MB
Chip lithography130 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size237 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors286 millionno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon 3.20 and Xeon w3-2525 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration21
Socket604FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)97 Watt175 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon 3.20 and Xeon w3-2525. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Xeon 3.20 and Xeon w3-2525 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon 3.20 and Xeon w3-2525 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon 3.20 and Xeon w3-2525. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-4800
Maximum memory sizeno data2 TB
Max memory channelsno data4
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon 3.20 and Xeon w3-2525.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data64

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 8
Threads 1 16
Power consumption (TDP) 97 Watt 175 Watt

Xeon 3.20 has 80.4% lower power consumption.

Xeon w3-2525, on the other hand, has 700% more physical cores and 1500% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Xeon 3.20 and Xeon w3-2525. We've got no test results to judge.


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