Xeon Platinum 8170 vs W-2133

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon W-2133 and Xeon Platinum 8170 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking945not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation7.30no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon WIntel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency5.39no data
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2018)Skylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date29 August 2017 (7 years ago)25 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$617$7,405

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon W-2133 and Xeon Platinum 8170 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)26 (Hexacosa-Core)
Threads1252
Base clock speed3.6 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier3621
L1 cache64K (per core)1.625 MB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)26 MB
L3 cache8.25 MB (shared)35.75 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size484 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data89 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)65 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon W-2133 and Xeon Platinum 8170 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)8 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA2066FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-2133 and Xeon Platinum 8170. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access-no data
Demand Based Switching+no data
PAE46 Bitno data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0--

Security technologies

Xeon W-2133 and Xeon Platinum 8170 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
Identity Protection+-
SGX-no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W-2133 and Xeon Platinum 8170 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W-2133 and Xeon Platinum 8170. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400, DDR4-2666DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size512 GB768 GB
Max memory channels46
Maximum memory bandwidth85.33 GB/s128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W-2133 and Xeon Platinum 8170.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 August 2017 25 April 2017
Physical cores 6 26
Threads 12 52
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 165 Watt

Xeon W-2133 has an age advantage of 4 months, and 17.9% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8170, on the other hand, has 333.3% more physical cores and 333.3% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Xeon W-2133 and Xeon Platinum 8170. We've got no test results to judge.


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