Xeon W-10855M vs Phi 3120A

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Phi 3120A and Xeon W-10855M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated943
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerMobile workstation
Seriesno dataIntel Comet Lake
Power efficiencyno data16.68
Architecture codenameKnights Corner (2012−2014)Comet Lake-H (2020)
Release date17 June 2013 (11 years ago)13 May 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Phi 3120A and Xeon W-10855M 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 cores57 (Heptapentaconta-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads22812
Base clock speedno data2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed1.1 GHz4.9 GHz
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
L1 cache32 KB (per core)384 KB
L2 cache512 KB (per core)1.5 MB
L3 cache0 KB (shared)12 MB
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Die size350 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors5,000 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Phi 3120A and Xeon W-10855M 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 configuration11
SocketPCIe x16FCBGA1440
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Phi 3120A and Xeon W-10855M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
SIPP-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+

Security technologies

Xeon Phi 3120A and Xeon W-10855M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Phi 3120A and Xeon W-10855M are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Phi 3120A and Xeon W-10855M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data45.8 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics for 10th Gen Intel Processors
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.2 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Xeon Phi 3120A and Xeon W-10855M integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
DVIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon Phi 3120A and Xeon W-10855M integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@30Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon Phi 3120A and Xeon W-10855M integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Phi 3120A and Xeon W-10855M.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 June 2013 13 May 2020
Physical cores 57 6
Threads 228 12
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 45 Watt

Xeon Phi 3120A has 850% more physical cores and 1800% more threads.

Xeon W-10855M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, a 57.1% more advanced lithography process, and 566.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Phi 3120A and Xeon W-10855M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Phi 3120A is a server/workstation processor while Xeon W-10855M is a mobile workstation one.


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