Xeon w5-2545 vs Gold 6161

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 6161 and Xeon w5-2545 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated183
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data83.37
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Power efficiencyno data11.83
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2019)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)24 August 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$889

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6161 and Xeon w5-2545 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 cores22 (Docosa-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads4424
Base clock speedno data3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz4.7 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier22no data
L1 cache1.375 MB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache22 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache30.25 MB30 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data74 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6161 and Xeon w5-2545 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 configuration4 (Multiprocessor)1
SocketSocket PFCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt210 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6161 and Xeon w5-2545. 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++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
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 Gold 6161 and Xeon w5-2545 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 Gold 6161 and Xeon w5-2545 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6161 and Xeon w5-2545. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR5-4800
Maximum memory sizeno data2 TB
Max memory channels64
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/sno data
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 Gold 6161 and Xeon w5-2545.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data64

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 22 12
Threads 44 24
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 210 Watt

Xeon Gold 6161 has 83.3% more physical cores and 83.3% more threads, and 27.3% lower power consumption.

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