Xeon W-3245M vs E5507
Aggregate performance score
Xeon W-3245M outperforms Xeon E5507 by a whopping 1367% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2649 | 489 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.04 | 1.32 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | no data | Intel Xeon W |
| Power efficiency | 0.59 | 3.35 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | Intel | no data |
| Architecture codename | Gainestown (2009−2010) | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) |
| Release date | 16 March 2010 (16 years ago) | 3 June 2019 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $457 | $5,002 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Xeon W-3245M has 3200% better value for money than Xeon E5507.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Xeon E5507 and Xeon W-3245M 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 cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 32 |
| Base clock speed | 2.26 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 0.27 GHz | 4.6 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | DMI 3.0 |
| Bus rate | no data | 4 × 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 32 |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 1 MB |
| L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 22 MB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 263 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 76 °C | 77 °C |
| Number of transistors | 731 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E5507 and Xeon W-3245M 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 configuration | 2 | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | FCLGA1366 | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 205 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5507 and Xeon W-3245M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | + | no data |
| PAE | 40 Bit | no data |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | + |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Xeon E5507 and Xeon W-3245M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | + |
| EDB | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5507 and Xeon W-3245M are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5507 and Xeon W-3245M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4-2933 |
| Maximum memory size | 144 GB | 2 TB |
| Max memory channels | 3 | 6 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 19.2 GB/s | 140.8 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5507 and Xeon W-3245M.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 64 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.11 | 16.28 |
| Recency | 16 March 2010 | 3 June 2019 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 16 |
| Threads | 4 | 32 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 205 Watt |
Xeon E5507 has 156% lower power consumption.
Xeon W-3245M, on the other hand, has a 1367% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 221% more advanced lithography process.
The Intel Xeon W-3245M is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Xeon E5507 in performance tests.
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